“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

Zephaniah 3:17

 

I simply love this verse.  You may recognize the lyrics if you’ve been at a band-led worship service in the past ten years or so, but it’s a stunning verse, just packed full of promises.  

And I mean really full:

God is with you

God will save you

God delights in you

God loves you

God rejoices with you

 

Look at them all!

This is a verse I wish everyone had memorized, because there is not a day that goes by where we don’t need at least one of the promises in it.

 

Promise #1:

The Lord your God is with you

God is with you, all the time and in every circumstance.  

You are not alone.  

That promise by itself is pretty awesome, but God doesn’t stop there.

 

Promise #2:

God is mighty to save

There is nothing that God can’t redeem.  

There is nothing bigger than God.  That’s why the word “mighty” is used here.  God can save you from anything.

God is bigger than any cancer, any sickness, any heartache, any grief, any difficulty.  God is mighty to save.  

 

Then, as if that weren’t good enough – Promise #3:

God delights in you.

God loves you so much he can’t help but be delighted by what you do.  

You know how people go all mushy over babies and puppies? That’s God delighting in you. Ok maybe not the best example, but when God looks at you and sees a beloved child – God is delighted.  

 

And then Promise #4:

God will quiet you with his love.  

When you are in full-on panic mode, when your anxiety has reached a level that is almost not do-able, think of how much God loves you and let it quiet you.  The love of God (that is bigger than anything) covers you, and brings you peace. What a promise.

 

And last but not least, Promise #5: God is rejoicing over you with singing.  

You know how sometimes you hear a song and it just perfectly describes how you’re feeling even when plain old words just can’t?  Yeah.  God too.  

God loves you so much that he breaks into song.  And sometimes, I think the only thing we can do is sing it right back, with this one:

 

Savior, He can move the Mountains,

our God is Mighty to Save,

He is Mighty to Save.  

 

Promises everywhere today.  

Hear them, feel them, trust them.