Feeling Victorious?

The Lord your God is in your midst;
he is a warrior who can deliver.
He takes great delight in you;
he renews you by his love;
he shouts for joy over you.

Zephaniah 3:17

When will we stop feeling defeated?  With all that is going on in the world today we act as if somehow God has been beaten.  But that simply is not true!  

God is a warrior!  Not only that, but God is OUR warrior!  NOT ONLY THAT, but God is our warrior who cannot be defeated.  And when I say "cannot be defeated" I am not using the "Oh My Goodness that just cannot happen to someone so nice", I am stating that there is NO WAY that God can ever be anything other than victorious!

Read on!  Not only is God THE warrior who can never be defeated, but He takes GREAT DELIGHT IN YOU!  God likes you!  Warts, farts, flaws and all!  God likes you so much that He renews you with His love and SHOUTS FOR JOY over you!  

So when you are feeling defeated or just banged up a bit, remember that God is filling you with His love because He loves you AND He is shouting to all of creation "LOOK!  This is MY child that I love!"  Think about it, if our parents had done that when we were children, we would have been so embarrassed...but when God does that we are strengthened!  

The enemy will whisper that no one can love us because of our pasts and because we aren't perfect.  But GOD, who has the final word, loudly calls that a lie because of Jesus' sacrifice for us!  So remember WHO is proclaiming His love and joy over you to ALL creation and know YOU are a child of the most loving King!