Wed.’s Devo - No More Delay

Read: Zephaniah 1:1-3:20; Revelation 10:1-11; Psalm 138:1-8; Proverbs 30:11-14
Zephaniah means “treasured of Jehovah” or “the Lord has hidden”. Zephaniah gives us his genealogy back four generations to king Hezekiah, who was a good king. Zephaniah is given a word about the Great Day of the Lord at the end of time. His word is for all who had refused to soften their hearts to the Lord He referred to them as those clothed in foreign apparel not robed in white roves like the godly will wear.
God will search out the land with this light to find hearts that have sinned against him and refused to repent. Judgement and curses will be their’s.
In Chapter Two he calls them to repent before the decree of judgment is issued. God names Moab, Ammon and Nineveh at the top of his list to destroy because they arrogantly lived in ease feeling invincible when they were just lambs waiting slaughter.
God will stand up and testify for the godly nations. He will destroy all who oppressed his people and gather them and bring them home.
We see this same picture in the seventh angel in Revelation. He is God standing on the earth saying there is no more delay in his prophesies. It is time to fulfill the last ones of them because the end is near.
God is saying to his people - no more delay in what he has promised us. It is time for God to act and it is time for his promises to be fulfilled on the earth. So, we can expect to see prayers answered speedily and promises we have been standing on for years to be fulfilled. It is an exciting time to be on the earth.
Thank you, Lord, for your promises. They are “yes” and “amen”.