Zephaniah

Zephaniah 3.17 “Fear not, O Zion… I will gather you… I will save… I will restore your fortunes before your eyes… ”

God does not relent… he will not relent… in bringing his justice… in restoring man

So this year our school has had a worship song that has kind of become our theme song… called “You won’t Relent”. It has captured the minds of our entire school b/c it is the reality of God’s love over us… that he is working powerfully to save us… his children. The song is a beautiful song that sums up God’s heart towards us in this powerful chorus line about how he won’t let go of us… then the rest of the song is how we are called to respond. This is what has rocked me in this book… God’s relentless pursuit of restoring his paradise, Eden. This is God’s heart for man… that sin and evil would no longer exist. The harsh reality of it though is that those who are under the law of sin and death will perish with it. I know that this is not who I am… for as I respond in gratitude and trust I have nothing but the hope of taking part in God’s restoration of creation. This is the song… I have just been meditating on it recently… daring to ask myself if I really grasp the gravity of God’s relentless pursuit to restore me and this world to what he desires.

“You won’t Relent”

You won't relent until You have it all
My heart is Yours

I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
Many waters cannot quench this love

Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
Come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one

I am so thankful that God has shown himself relentless in pursuing me… that he is relentless in pursuing mankind to show them the reality of his justice against sin and his relentless calls to repentance. What challenges me is to ask whether I am willing to live my life relentlessly for him. He is going to have his way… he is God… not me. I have been spending the last few years trying to make big decisions that are surrendered to his will… and I am so thankful that he has been guiding me in that way. What I see more clearly now is that I must relentlessly abandon myself to him in every tiny aspect of my life… whether I feel like it or not. I want those words “My heart is yours” to mean so much more than just being thankful… for I am his. I have been bought with a price… & I see now that life is found in the overwhelming reality that he owns me and can do with me what he pleases. This is where I am seeing I must now live… belonging to him and abandoned to his will. Perhaps that’s why I love this song so much.