“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.”  Zephaniah 3:17
 
How very gracious is our God in His loving kindness and tender mercies!  What attention He gives to His own.  Let’s look at this verse a little closer.
 
*‘The LORD thy God’
Who is this who exults over you with joy (some translations say, shouts with joy)?  It is Yahweh! It is Jehovah! The Almighty God!  The God of the universe!  Not afar, but in our very presence!  Imagine! 
 
*‘in the midst of thee…’
“And He said, ‘My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.’”
Exodus 33:14
 
He is there even in the smallest assembly of believers:
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.”  Matthew 18:20
And Matthew 28:20,
“…And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
 
*‘…is mighty…’
“…And You reign over all; 
In Your hand is power and might…” 1 Chronicles 29:12
“He divided the sea with His power…”  Job 26:12
“…Power belongs to the God.”  Psalm 62:11
“Who established the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power.”  Psalm 65:6
 
*‘…He will save…’
“The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?  Psalm 27:1
“But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.”  Psalm 37:39
“Behold, God is my salvation, 
I will trust, and not be afraid; 
For the LORD God is my strength and my song; 
And He has become my salvation.”  Isaiah 12:2
 
*‘…He will rejoice over you with joy…’
“Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you…”  Isaiah 30:18
“And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.”  Jeremiah 32:41
“…As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.”  Isaiah 62:5
 
*‘…He will rest in His love…’
“For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, that whoever believers in (trust, in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.”  John 3:16  The Amplified Bible
“See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be call children of God; and such we are…?1 John 3:1
 
Does this not set your heart singing?  It does mine!  Imagine, God Himself rejoices over you and me with singing!!  How awesome is our God in His graciousness and loving kindness.  Let us then sing joyfully to Him who has drawn us unto Himself in our Precious and Glorious Christ Jesus.  For great is our God and greatly to be praised now and always.  Amen!