Singing to God is one of my favorite ways to worship. Not that I am a good singer, I stink, but, when I forget my worries and offer up simple songs of heartfelt praise to God, a connection is made with my Father on a deep level. For many years, I thought the connection I had with God through song was a one way street. I thought I was the one who did all the singing. I was wrong. In Zephaniah 3:17 it says:  “The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with singing.”

Did you know that God, the Almighty maker of thunder, who can destroy and create with a single breath, sings over YOU? God, the perfect Father, sings over his child to quiet His precious one. The Cuban people can find refuge in the midst of chaos knowing God is singing an anthem of peace to their hearts. When the tears won’t stop coming and the pain won’t stop throbbing, He is there. The Lord’s arms are big enough to cradle all of Cuba, and sing a sweet lullaby to mend the broken hearts of His people. If you have never let God hold you in his arms, I encourage you to do so, and be free in His embrace.

The verse also says that God “will exult” over you. The word “exult” has two meanings in hebrew; 1) To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant, and 2) To leap upward, especially for joy. Imagine the perfect God not only nestling you like a newborn in his arms, but leaping and dancing in utter joy over His creation! What a God we serve! This could be why Paul wrote in Philippians 4:4: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Consider how much God loves you, he sings over you when you need healing, and leaps for joy out of His love for you. At ECHO-Cuba, we pray that your heart is filled with the joy of the Lord.

God is so multi-faceted and complete, we cannot even comprehend it. It’s easy to put God in a box and restrict Him to our meager expectations of His power. God is infinitely more than what we expect of Him, Today take God out of the cardboard man-made box and experience the brilliance of His presence!

J. E. Pineda