I love the Bible. I have many favorite verses and passages, but I just want to share a couple that really stuck out to me today.
Zephaniah 3:17 says, "The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah is one of the more well-known books of the random books of the Bible. (If that made ANY sense at all). But this verse is one of my personal favorites. It gives me hope and encouragement through life when I am struggling. It reminds me that God is always with me, and He will be forever. He takes great delight in me! How awesome is it to know that God, our Creator, takes delight in his own creation! As artists take delight in their masterpieces, so God takes delight in us. As a poet takes delight in his poetry, so God takes delight in us. How awesome it is to know that!
James 2:1 says, "My dear friends, don't let public opinion influence how you live our our glorious, Christ originated faith." This is from the Message, which I personally really like. (The NIV states this verse differently, but for what I'm trying to say, we'll stick with the Message). We are a very influenced people. But shouldn't we be the ones who are influencing? Like this verse says, we shouldn't allow public opinion to influence how we live our lives! No matter what, we need to stand firm in our faith and live our lives to the best of our ability to show Christ in us! A lot of times we want to conform to the world so we will be liked or appreciated. But it says it Romans 12:2, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." So let's quit being the influencees and become the influencers!
I just absolutely love the Bible. Who's with me?
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