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About this book, the sidebar of my Bible says, “God does not
want to destroy people or nations,
but God’s moral perfection means that He
cannot overlook sin.” The Jews
remembered how He had called them to be His covenant people, and for some
reason they believed it didn’t matter what
they did – that covenant would keep them from harm. Their neighbors influenced them to worship
Baal and Molech in addition to God. But God will not share His glory. Their
continued refusal to listen was going to cost them dearly. The Babylonians would be God’s invited guests
at a sacrifice, and the sacrifice would be the Jews!
Zephaniah’s prophecy also heralds the great day of the Lord yet to come as well, and the
destruction that will occur on that
day makes the Babylonian invasion and captivity pale in comparison. This book therefore wasn’t just for the
pre-captivity Jews. It’s for us as well. And when we hear God say, “I will punish
those who are satisfied with themselves,
who think, ‘The Lord won’t help us or punish us,’” it ought to make us
redouble our own efforts to rid sin from our lives, to depend solely upon Him,
and to never be satisfied with our own holiness or our efforts to lead others
to Christ.
Father, help me to examine my own life and remove that which
is not of You. Increase my care for the
lost. Make me passionate about helping
them come to faith in Christ.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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