When God sings

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. – Zephaniah 3.17

I first became aware of this a long, long time ago at a teacher training seminar by a man named Terry Hall. He did a one day class on how to teach the Bible as a package to see the unity of the word of God. The thing that sticks out the most these thirty years later is this beautiful verse that tells us about God’s singing.

Even in the midst of Zephaniah’s sin and complacency God gives them words of encouragement. After talking about seeking God with meekness we hear find out how He feels about His people.

Even when they were lazing around God wanted to call them back. He was still mighty, He would still save them if they turned to Him, He would rejoice over them in His joy, he would rest in His love.

We could take days to talk about all these things, but it is the last thing that really grabs me. ‘He will joy over you with singing!’

God sings a song of joy over His people. I can’t imagine what it would be to hear God sing.

And just a quick little thought to close – if God sings with joy over us what does that say about how we should rejoice over Him?