Amazing Father

I wrote this a couple of months ago, but it was referenced by Ed in his comment on my post "Mishaps and Messiah", so i thought I post it here for your convenience. Plus it is a good reminder for me personally!

This morning in my bible reading a familiar verse sort of leaped off the page in a new way. I was reading through the minor prophet Zephaniah and chapter 3 verse 17 became real to me in a new way.

"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."

While meditating on these truths the following became newly real to me:

1. God is not only eternal, He is the ever-present I AM. He is in the midst of his people - He is not far off, but He is right here with us.
2. God is mighty - His power is limitless and His strength beyond measure.
3. God will save - He will take up our cause and will use His limitless might on our behalf.
4. The Father rejoices over us, His children - we aren't simply a nuisance or annoyance to God - He loves us deeply!
5. The Father comforts His children and quiets our unrest, fear and angst.
6. The Father sings over His children, because he has genuine delight in them.

WOW! What an amazing Father we have, immeasurably big and yet personal and approachable, intimately concerned and involved in the very details of our lives while at the same time holding the measurless universe in the palm of his hand...