July 24

Zephaniah Prophesies about the Day of the Lord - Zephaniah 1:1-18, 2:1-15, 3:1-20; Josiah's Reforms - 2 Chronicles 34:3-7

Singing Mother sculpture

Until I began reading the Daily Bible, I don't believe I'd ever read through the whole book of Zephaniah. He makes his brief appearance here in the reign of young King Josiah.

The old never need to over emphasize their role in religious leadership. The 16-year-old Josiah is doing an incredible job bring Judah back to God. Content not just to remove the altars to Baal and Asherah poles in Jerusalem, he ventures out to other cities and removes them there, too.

Here is a passage in Zephaniah that piqued my interest:

"The Lord your God is with you,
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing."
Zephaniah 3:17

God singing over us? I wonder what the Lord's singing voice sounds like? I suppose He must be a bass. His deep voice rattling the stones and rolling like thunder. But what if He is an angelic tenor? His voice climbing impossibly high and clear, lifting us toward heaven? Or what if His voice is more like that of a loving mother singing to a babe in her arms to comfort and calm our fear of the dark? Or what if we hear it daily when we listen to the earth? What if the song of the birds, the sound of the wind, even the buzz of a bee or fly is the Lord's singing voice? We should certainly pay more attention.

Lord knows.


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