Quiet in God's Love

​Life can be loud.
Noise bombards our senses continually, wearing us down spiritually, mentally and emotionally.  
It seems like someone is shouting or screaming about something doesn’t it?  
Cultural issues. The boss. Newscasts. Advertisements. Economic forecasts. Social media. Music. Entertainment. Relationship tensions. Even church. Life seems loudly out of control at times.
Negative noise disrupts our personal peace, leaving us edgy, agitated and uptight.
What can you and I do to silence the negative noise that disturbs quietness and tranquility? It is a question I have been asking myself for a few months.  
In the Old Testament, the prophet Zephaniah records a tremendous truth about God in chapter 3, verse 17. How many of you will admit that you have not visited the book of Zephaniah in quite some time? The two “Zs”, Zephaniah and Zachariah are two scriptural gems in the Bible.
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy. He will be quiet in His love. He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”
What a wonderful word for weary souls! God is with us as a victorious warrior who rejoices and exults over us with shouts of joy! I really like knowing that God is a victorious warrior who rejoices over me with shouts of joy! God is all of that because He is quiet in His love.
God’s love is quiet, never noisy. Think about it. The noise of the world does not disrupt God’s love or peace. Our Maker remains calm, cool and collected when we are falling apart!  I am so grateful that the Lord does not panic when I do. He is never upset by the craziness of mankind. When we are restless, He rests, quietly in His love.
I believe the Lord wants you and me to rest quietly in His love. God’s unconditional love drowns out life’s noise. His quiet love quiets our restless souls.
The picture I have in my mind is of my Heavenly Father quietly loving me, settling me down when I need it. I get it. I am a father and grandfather. More times than I can recount, I have comforted my little ones, and not so little ones now, when they were upset, thinking their whole world was falling apart. You parents know what I am talking about!
How did I quiet them down? I loved on them. I took them in my arms. Sat them on my lap (when small). Cuddled them up. Soothed them with calm, quiet, reassuring words that everything would be all right. I always let them know how much God loves them and that He would help them.
Eventually, depending on the magnitude of their perceived crisis, they would slowly but surely settle down. My quiet love for them helped them overcome the “noise” troubling them.
God loves on us with His quiet love.
Psalm 23:1-2 states “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters.”
The Lord Jesus Christ is our Shepherd. His sheep, you and me, will never want for anything. There are times when we sheep are beside ourselves. Because He loves us, He makes us lie down in green pastures, and He leads us beside still, quiet waters.
Green pastures. Still, quiet waters. A soul-soothing picture of rest, refreshing, renewal and restoration for restless hearts.   
Isn’t it amazing how much God loves you and me? John 3:16 says it all. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him, will not perish, but have everlasting life.” Oh my, God loves you and me so much that He sent and sacrificed His only Son for our sins so we could be saved and spend eternity with Him in heaven.
For me, salvation quiets my mind and heart like nothing else can. Incredible. Words are hollow and shallow to express how I feel that Jesus died for me so I could live with my Father in heaven who is quiet in His love. I agree with the words of John Newton, writer of the most beloved Christian song of all time “Amazing Grace”, said  “I know two things: I am a great sinner. I have a great Savior.” That’s Steve Roll too.   
In 2021, I want to be used by the Lord to help stressed out, restless, upset, hurting, spiritually lost people find the One who will quiet them with His love.
My Christian friends now is a great opportunity in our culture to share our faith with searching souls. Salvation through faith in Jesus Christ is the answer we need for time and eternity. The noise of the world needs to be drowned out by the Good News of Jesus Christ!
Today at my home church we sang a song called “Raise A Hallelujah!” The chorus exhorts believers to “Sing a little louder, Sing a little louder.” Christians, lets sing a little, a lot louder, and raise a Hallelujah to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let’s sing so loud that our positive noise negates the negative noise of the world.
Those of us who have benefited from God’s quiet love are called to share Gods’ unconditional love with lost souls. Proverbs 11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.”  
 Today, tune out some noise. Be quiet in God’s love. Bask your soul in the sunshine of His lovingkindness. Sing the song of salvation a little louder in your circle of relationships.
Share your faith with someone who would love to know that God loves them!
“The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore, I have drawn you with lovingkindness.” Jeremiah 31:3
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
“See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God, and such we are.” I John 3:1
A Word For Your Week: God’s love quiets restless hearts.