Lord Let Us Love Again and Embrace

"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to salvage. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his dearest, he will rejoice over y'all with singing." Zephaniah 3:17

Here's corking news for today–the Lord delights in YOU!

With all your imperfections and flaws, you bring a smile to the Lord of the universe.
This verse in Zephaniah gives us a snapshot of God's nature and depth of his unconditional love for us.

v ways God shows His honey for us in Zephaniah 3:17

• God's love is shown through His presence–God is with us. He does not abandon usa but claims us as his own. There have been times when I've felt alone. In those times, I make the choice to turn to the Lord, to read the scriptures and mind to praise music. Irresolute my focus helps me remember God's loving presence as Emmanuel. Instead of feeling lonely, I gain the peace of God.

• God's honey is shown through His power–He is mighty to salve. God moved powerfully in the by, redeeming us through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, demonstrating His bully beloved for us. Once we take the Lord and go a new creation, we see God's power today. He helps the states press on through when we desire to quit. God empowers us to grow to be more Christ like. He takes a hardened heart and transforms the person into a loving soul. He stirs u.s.a. to persevere through an ongoing struggle. His power is the undercurrent of life, enabling us to serve others.

• The depth of love is shown in God'southward activeness of dearest through delighting in us. Similar a dad watching his child performing in a little league game, he cheers united states on. He delights in u.s. with pride when we hit the ball far or brand a bang-up play. Merely when the squad loses, this loving Begetter is the one who however takes us for ice cream. Why? Because he loves usa anyway. He not only cheers for us when we win but believes in us when we lose. He shows u.s.a. his grace fifty-fifty when we are disappointed with ourselves.

• God'southward activeness of honey quiets and calms us, no matter what we're feeling. The image is similar a mom holding her distraught child in a comforting embrace. The sobbing child quiets downwardly, able to rest in the artillery of love. Here the power of honey is strong, merely gentle. This is a beautiful motion picture of how God'due south love tin repose united states. Remembering God's dear for me draws my heart back to Him. When I faced cancer surgery, my soul became calm when I recalled God'south love and presence.

• The last description of dear is that God rejoices over the states with singing. Sometimes he rejoices over united states of america with a tranquility lullaby, and sometimes with a celebration of a joyful symphony and fireworks. When we worship Him wholeheartedly, God rejoices over united states . He smiles when we share His love and grace with others, living the fashion that He showed us through Jesus.

Let God'southward love soak into your center.

God's delight is shown in more verses, when we follow his ways.

Psalm 147:11 The Lorddelights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing dear.

Proverbs 11:20   TheLord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but hedelights in those whose ways are clean-living.

Proverbs 12:22 TheLord detests lying lips, just hedelights in people who are trustworthy.

God, our heavenly Father, loves u.s. lavishly and calls us His children.

See what great dear the Father has lavished on us, that we should exist chosen children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John three:ane NIV

Who can resist a toddler looking up at you lot with pleading optics, upraised arms and wiggling fingers? I confess I cook when i of my grandchildren wants picked up or gives me hugs. It is precious to love them and likewise observe how they express love. When tired, they lay their head on your shoulder. When they want comfort, they asked to be picked up into your artillery.

Why is it and so hard to believe the truth that God delights in each of us, quiets us with His love, and rejoices over u.s. with singing? Nosotros retrieve nosotros aren't "skilful enough" for God to be pleased with the states, that we have to be perfect to exist loved.

Instead of believing that lie, realize that knowing y'all are loved by God gives you comfort, courage and forcefulness.

While information technology is encouraging that God delights in each of us, God cannot brand us dear Him.

Will y'all embrace God'due south delight and love for yous?

Release your fears and surrender to the loving heavenly Father.

As we grow in understanding the depth of God's love for u.s., do nosotros embrace it in our daily lives?

Some days I'm overly busy and don't accept time to recall the bang-up love of God.  I rush from one affair to some other without any thought of Him. Other times I'm pre-occupied or distracted and neglect to savor His precious love. Or I fall into cocky-condemnation, questioning my worth and listening to the lies of Satan.

God's word helps united states of america in the struggle, reminding us that His love has no condemnation within it.

This is how we know that nosotros belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at balance in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.  i John iii:xix-20 NIV

When I stop to reverberate of the depth of God'south love for me, how He sent Jesus to become i of us, how Jesus carried my sin to the cross and rose from expiry—I want to worship Him and open my centre to receive more of this beloved.

This love is not based on my performance or on my striving to do things correct, but is purely based on the truth that God loves me, no matter what. Unconditionally. Period.

Meditating on God's love calms my heart. A quiet whisper to my soul assures me of this unending, unconditional love. Like an anxious child soothed by the nearness of the parent, my eye rests even when my earth is spinning.

And He loves you likewise. His arms volition open with an embrace for you.

God shows his love for each of us through His presence with us, his power, his delight, he quiets and calms us, and rejoices over us when nosotros turn to him.

With all the darkness in the globe, it's easy to become hardened to love, or even cynical to God's love. Yet, God continues to love us.

My prayer for you is the same prayer of Paul in Ephesians 3:17-19.

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,then that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that yous, being rooted and established in honey, may have power, together with all the Lord'due south holy people, to grasp how wide and long and loftier and deep is the love of Christ,and to know this love that surpasses noesis—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Will you wrap God'southward honey effectually y'all?

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