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Our Singing Father Read: Zephaniah 3:14–20 Bible in a Year: Isaiah 30–31; Philippians 4 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will . . . rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 No one told me before my wife and I had how important singing would be. My are now six, eight, and ten. But all three had problems sleeping early on. Each night, my wife and I took turns rocking our little ones, praying they’d nod off quickly. I spent hundreds of hours rocking them, desperately crooning lullabies to (hopefully!) speed up the process. But as I sang over our night after night, something amazing happened: It deepened my bond of love and delight for them in ways I had never dreamed. Did you know Scripture describes our heavenly Father singing over His too? Just as I sought to soothe my with song, so Zephaniah concludes with a portrait of our heavenly Father singing over His people: “He will take great delight in you; in his love he will . . . rejoice over you with singing” (3:17). Much of Zephaniah’s prophetic book warns of a coming time of judgment for those who’d rejected God. Yet that’s not where it ends. Zephaniah concludes not with judgment but with a description of God not only rescuing His people from all their suffering (vv. 19–20) but also tenderly loving and rejoicing over them with song (v. 17). Our God is not only a “Mighty Warrior who saves” and restores (v. 17) but a loving Father who tenderly sings songs of love over us. Father, help us to embrace Your tender love and “hear” the songs You sing. Our heavenly Father delights in His like a parent singing to a newborn baby. 
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I love to sing praises to the Lord, or as some might say, make a joyful noise. I also loved singing to my babies, but I was not familiar with this verse at all. What a beautiful thing to learn. Thank you. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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