WHAT'S THEIR SECRET?

"The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." -Zephaniah 3:17


The three chapter book of Zephaniah starts with Zephaniah warning the people of Judah of the coming destruction that God will place on the people. Despite the many warnings that God had given the people, they refuse to stop worshiping the many false gods and idols that they created. They refused to follow the One true God.


I can't help but compare our world today to the world of Zephaniah's day. Really not much has changed. God has warned us through His word of His return and the of the destruction that is to come, and yet our world refuses to stop worshiping the many gods that we have created and the idols that control our lives.


As we watch the news we see that our world is full of daily destruction. Every day somewhere something horrible is taking place. Everyday we all face our own struggles. Through it all like the people of Judah, we are all looking for the same thing. Happiness.


Happiness is the one thing in this world that we all are so desperately trying to find. We fill our lives with things that we think will make us happy. Then we need to buy something else because the last one didn't work. We run from relationship to relationship searching for happiness. A new boyfriend or girlfriend should do the trick. We say things like "I'll be happy if or when I can..."  Or "I've never known someone who makes me so happy" Yet in a short time that person or thing no longer makes us happy and we move on to the next. True happiness is the one thing that we all want and yet so few find. WHAT'S THEIR SECRET?


The Bible warns us of the unhappiness and destruction that is to come when Christ returns, and at the same time Zephaniah 3:17 tells us the secret to avoid being unhappy in both our time and the time when Christ returns. True happiness comes to us when we grow close to God. When we follow Him with all of our hearts we build a close relationship with Him. Then He will quiet us with His love and we will experience happiness like nothing this world will ever be able to provide. True happiness come from God alone!


Father, thank you for Your word. Thank you for giving it to us so that we can take the warnings to heart and be prepared for what is to come. Lord, help us to open our hearts to You and help us to learn to follow You with all of our heart so that we can be quieted by Your love and know true happiness.
 In Jesus name, Amen.