Did you know?
“The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
Did you know that the word “rejoice” in this passage means to dance, to twirl, to be exultant, to rejoice? Now read this in the context of the passage: Your God dances over – YOU!
I don’t think we often think of our Lord doing this over our lives – about our lives. He sees us as we are, frail, broken, wicked, and selfish – I mean, let’s get real here -- and yet He rejoices over us completely with full acceptance of the dust that we are. He sees us as we are, yet knows where He wants to take us.
Did you live under a cloud of feeling less than today? I did for a few hours. And you know what? This cloud was from the pit. I know better. I know His Word better. And truthfully, I know Lord Jesus better than these lying thoughts. I cast that cloud down asap and promptly I was reminded by the Holy Spirit of the passage above.
Our God dances over us—over me and over you. Let’s revel in this truth, turn our hearts to Him and let Him have the final say about how He thinks and feels toward us. Then, let’s join Him in the dance.