- I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory. Zephaniah 2:8 – While we hear the taunts of our enemies know God hears them too. It’s easy to find ourselves believing that when our enemy speaks over us and towards us that we are the only one who hears it. That no helps is coming because no one hears what’s going on. Like us being trapped in a basement but no one can hear the pain we’re in or see what our enemy is doing to us. But God can. God sees what the enemy is doing and hears the voice of our enemy who is speaking words of hate. As we see within our passage God is reminding us He too hears what’s being said and will not stay still when it comes to what’s happening. He isn’t just observing, He’s stepping in to resolve the things we can’t. Know then you’re not alone with the enemies in your story. God sees, God hears, and God steps in. Know God hears what’s being said about you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1555
- The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes. Zephaniah 2:7 – What this message was saying to its listeners was two fold. One, the enemy was going to be defeated. God was going to come and wipe the enemy, the peoples who taunted His people, clean on the earth. Two, that the good land that was once occupied by the enemy will now be a safe place for His people to dwell and rest in. The places that once were home to great enemies are now their home of great peace. Wherever the enemy’s strongholds are in your life, lift those up in prayer to God. Ask for those strongholds to be wiped clean like in our passage and replaced with havens of peace. Does the enemy have a stronghold in your mind leading to destructive ways of thinking? Does the enemy have a stronghold in a certain relationship that is causing so much tension and stress? Bring those to the Lord. Watch the as He begins to work and be open to however God does work with those things. Have confidence in our God that He is powerful enough to take the most powerful of strongholds of our enemy and make it a green pasture for us to lie down in. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2106
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