Jesus in Zephaniah

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

The Prophet Zephaniah preached in Jerusalem in the time of king Josiah, after Josiah discovered the long lost Scrolls of the Law. Those must’ve been exciting times. To find something long lost, to rediscover something that had once been so important. Something of great value; of tremendous worth.

600 years later, Yeshua Jesus told a story:

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” – Luke 15:4-7

My friend, are YOU the lost sheep? Have you strayed far from your Shepherd? The Bible says that the angels in heaven, and indeed God Himself, will rejoice over finding YOU!  God paid the GREATEST price imaginable for YOU. It was His perfect plan, for His Glory. For He is The Mighty One who SAVES!

He will rejoice over YOU with gladness, He will quiet YOU with His love, He will rejoice over YOU… with singing. And in return, you will join the heavenly hosts of Angels in worship of the King and sing,

“Glory to God in the highest,