Head Noise or Heart Voice

For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. (Zephaniah 3:17 NLT)

It is indeed a heartwarming thing to know God is living among us, isn't it? We don't have to do this life alone - we have his presence with us, never allowing us to be 'alone' in our struggles or our victories. It is also kind of amazing that God actually takes great delight in us as his creation - as his children, made holy and in right standing with him through the blood of Jesus. What might even be more amazing is how he comes right into the midst of our chaos and calms all our fears.

What are we to fear on this earth? Nothing! Why? Jesus goes with us wherever we go. We are never alone. We have his strength always at our disposal - we just don't lean into that strength as often as we should. We try to do 'life' all on our own terms, then when things don't work out so well, the fear begins to mount. We get more and more 'twitter-pated' and then we finally turn to him for help. What a silly way to live life, right? We have all we need; all we could ever face stands no chance when his presence goes with us.

How does he calm our fears? With his love. Imagine that - his love embraces us, holds us close, and soothes our worst fears. It settles our muddled minds. Calms our inner 'negative' thoughts. Yet, we somehow keep giving into those fears, don't we? We listen to their 'head noise' more than we listen to God's 'heart voice'. We need to turn off those 'negative noises' in our heads and start listen more to the soothing, calm rhythm of God's heart speaking deep within our hearts.

The might Savior is on our side. He stands when we are unable to stand. He moves when all our movement has proven futile. He gives when we are no longer able to give. He provides when all our provisions are used up. We have nothing to fear or dread. In the face of the worst attack from our enemy or the strongest of temptations we could face, he stands stronger, gives more strength than we ever possessed ourselves, and leads us by his tender voice. Which voice will you listen to today? Your 'head noise' or his 'heart voice'? Just asking...