True Humility is Calling on the Name of the Lord
Zephaniah paints a beautiful picture of the restoration and salvation that comes through Jesus but it also shows us WHY we need that salvation.
The people of Judah were doing their own thing and going their own way. They paid lip service to the ways of God but really they didn’t care at all about his commandments or even about being in relationship with him. Likewise the surrounding nations were also filled with pride and arrogance over their own ability to live without God.
Left to my own devices I will often leave God out of the picture! This book shows me so clearly that I need to acknowledge that God is more powerful and may have a different way of doing things that I do. When I just keep on doing things my way and leave him out I am missing out on knowing his thoughts and actively aligning my thoughts with his.
Why would I do this??
Somewhere deep inside of me is a thought I know what I am doing and can go this alone. But why would I want to when I can do life with God. So the challenge of Zephaniah is to involve God in my life and realize he has the big picture, he knows more than me – I should go his way!
Comment by philbailey
May 4, 2010 @ 10:21 pm
Excellent!