"This core holy people will not do wrong. They won't lie, won't use words to flatter or seduce. Content with who they are and where they are, unanxious, they'll live at peace." ~Zephaniah 3:13, MSG
God's plan was always to have a people who obeyed Him and loved Him full-heartedly. It seems that His big idea has always been to create a community of people that live together in harmony and better one another. Why else did He design families, clans, tribes, nations? Even the Church at its heart is essentially one giant community - an overgrown family. In the verses leading up to the one above, God is telling Zephaniah how "one day" everyone will "be able to worship the Lord together," and how there will be no one left on Zions hill who speaks haughtily, or rebels against Him.
The remnant on Zion are who God is talking about in this verse. They will be "lowly and humble" v12. The core, this remnant will be pure in God's sight. With God as their Lord, they will have no one to make them afraid. Content with who God made them to be and what He's leading them to do, they will be confident and trusting in God's part in their life.
We are that remnant - God called us to follow His son, and when we accepted Jesus, we agreed to obey God's commands, and to do no more wrongs. Obviously we mess up sometimes, but God promises to forgive us of our sins when we ask for it, and He gives us the power to say no to temptations. When we truly live in God's promise and will, we're aware of who He is, and we're truly confident that no one can come between us and Him.
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