Reassuring

Zeph 3:5a "The Lord is righteous in her midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails."

God is always right. He always does what is right. He is truth. He is never unjust. He is never unfaithful. He is never unrighteous. There are times when we humans question God. Why did He do this? Why did He allow this to happen? Why didn't He stop this? Why do the wicked prosper? Why do bad things happen to good people? When I get to heaven I am going to ask God why… We are so full of questions. We are so full of doubt. We think that we have it all figured out and that we know what is best.

I am sure that this is where the people of Israel were, or at least were going to be. They were going to wonder why God was punishing them, and He had to remind them even before it happened that He was righteous. He was in the middle of them. He was not unjust. In fact every morning He makes sure that what is right is revealed. The thing that was reassuring about this was that He said that He was in their midst. He was among them. He actually uses the phrase "in your midst" or "in her midst" or "from your midst" six times in this chapter. Israel's rotten rulers were in her midst. God was going to take from her midst the proud and haughty and He would leave in her midst a meek and humble people. And in the middle of it all there was God. "The Lord is righteous in her midst…The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst…The Lord your God is in your midst." God was in control and He was going to do what was right. He never fails.

This is still true. God is in the middle of it all. He is in the middle of my family. He is in the middle of my church. He is in the middle of the Church universal. He is righteous. He will do what is just. He never fails. No matter what the circumstance, no matter what the situation, no matter what the question, God will not fail in doing what is right. I may wonder…I may question, and I have in the past, and God always, always comes through. I have to hang on to this. We all do.