by Lonnie Lane
Did you know that God sings? He sings over us with gladness and great rejoicing as One who has fully accomplished the deep desires of His heart. Here’s what brings Him to overflow with such joyful song while commanding us to do the same:
“Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; You shall see disaster no more. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: ‘Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak. 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’” (Zeph. 3:14-17).
This prophetic passage isn’t telling us that Israel would have gotten it all perfect (finally) because they won’t; none of us will. It was because He had accomplished on their behalf what they were incapable of for themselves. It is not only a promise to Israel yet to be fulfilled unto completion, but as most prophesies have a “now and not yet” reality to them, there is much of this that is for whose lives belong to the Lord now.
