Quiet but Effective!

For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” Zephaniah 3:17 NLT

Some statements here are truths which reality around me may try and deny but are true anyway.

God is referred to as the Omnipresent one, who is everywhere. Yet, there are times when like the 3 Hebrew men, he does not  show up until I am in the fire. It may appear that God is silent when needs around me are screaming for attention, yet there is no doubt that he is there. He lives in and with me.

He is also a mighty saviour. Being a saviour could mean different things to different people, depending on the present needs, but man's greatest need is to settle the question of earthly impact and eternal gain. Don't settle for the temporary bliss that money, position, power, privilege and possessions may give you; if God does not save you, you only hold on to false hope. If God has saved you, and you are his own, present discomforts are all temporary.

His love calms all fears. Trials will come, the wind will blow, the storms will rise, tribulations will come, faith will be tested, but God's love remains constant and consistent. Where his love lives, fear cannot thrive. When you don't have his love, you have all to fear.

Even God sings! If as Revelations say, the 24 elders, the host of angels and all other heavenly host all praise God day and night without ceasing, picture how God would sing over you as you live his life where you are. Your life is a platform for the glory and praise of God to be revealed, and you can only be truly fulfilled when your life gives glory to the One who gave life.

Where do I stand? God has always been faithful, making all his resources and life available for me. Can I trust him completely with my life? His time of favour is here.