"Let Not Your Hands be Weak"

Zephaniah 3-16,17
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak. The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

" The Lord, your God- in your midst"...Wow. This is always made so visual to me when I picture the Tabernacle of Moses. This statement alone should blow any believer away. I know it does this for me. Last month I attended Joanna Fruhauf's study on the Tabernacle of Moses. Instantly I was taken back as if I was getting a bird's eye view of the the whole layout. I couldn't help thinking, "Wow, the presence of God was in their midst!" His presence was with the children of Israel! He must have really loved them! He did and He still has that same love even for us. This stuck with me as I had gone to bed that night into the morning. I was reminded of the scripture in Zephaniah 3: 16,17. At that moment, I recollected a sketch in a journal that I had done a few years ago of a harp..and on that page I had written this very scripture! The Lord our God is in our midst and He will rejoice over us with gladness, He quiets us with his love, He will rejoice over us with singing! He does all this and more! To think that He has the same love, and the desire for us to be in His presence as He did so many years ago. I am privileged to know such a Lord. How awesome to know that the Tabernacle of Moses was a foreshadowing of the coming Christ! I am so humbled that such an awesome, mighty God would have such deep concern, adoration and love for us!

Yes and one more thing- Don't let your hands be weak! HE IS WITH YOU!! No matter what you may be experiencing in this moment, know that you are not doing it alone- The Lord, your God is in your midst! He is no respector of persons- remember the Isrealites also struggled in obeying God. We all fall short, but He gives us the strength to overcome the greatest obstacles we face if we would cry and call out unto Him.