Monday, December 16-Joy

Zephaniah 3:14-20

This season, as with all advent / Christmas seasons, we are celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. You may know that I come from a musical background. My dad was a Music Pastor (first at the First Church of the Nazarene on Pine Street ). My mom plays the piano / organ by ear (in any key) and sang with her dad, my dad and Kline Sisters. And I play the trumpet in various bands and churches and piano.  

 When I think of Zephaniah 3:14-20, I think of the chorus “Mighty to Save.”  But there’s so much more to the depth of this passage AND His love for us!!! First of all He is in our midst: every moment, second, hour, day, week, month, year, etc. Yes, He is mighty, but He’s with us!! And it gets better: not ONLY does He save us, He is (right now) rejoicing over YOU, me and all of us! The dictionary says rejoicing is: to feel joy or great delight!

 We’ve probably all heard this in our lives prior to this, right? But THINK on it, meditate on it and remember it the next time you hear it! We are celebrating the season of our Savior’s birthday, but RIGHT NOW He is feeling joyful over YOU and taking great delight in YOU. Just think how awesome this should make us feel when we sing JOY to the World.

JULIE ROSENAU