The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.Zephaniah 3:17
The One Step Daily Devotional is intended to provide just one step each day for your journey with God. Every journey requires water breaks. Here is a water break for you.
In your current life situation, where is God? Can you see Him?
It’s natural to feel the difficulties of life with all of their pain and difficulty and wonder, “God, where are you?”
Zephaniah, speaking to the people of Israel going through a difficult season in their history, encourages telling them by reminding them of where God is: in their midst. And what is He doing? He’s waiting for the opportunity to sing and rejoicing over them.
While Zephaniah let Israel know that God wanted to sing over them and was in their midst, we know that because of Christ, the song has already begun and He is with us now!*
We must not lose the profound simplicity of the words that change everything: God is with you, and He is singing a song of joy over you.
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to sit quietly and hear His song. Perhaps today God wants you to pause long enough to feel His presence even in the midst of difficulty. Maybe today God wants you to remember that because He is with you, you are with Him. Perhaps today God wants you to join in the singing.
Whatever the step, ask God to direct it. Take a moment to take that step. Invite Him to speak. He will.
Life is a long road. Walk it with Jesus. Take a water break… we all get thirsty.
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*Bruckner, J. (2004). Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (p. 334). Zondervan Publishing House.
Baker, D. W. (1988). Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah: An Introduction and Commentary (Vol. 27, p. 118). InterVarsity Press.