I was reading in Zepheniah today, and was struck by several verses. For those of you who (like me!) might tend to forget to read all those books at the end of the Old Testament, let me give you an overview. Zephaniah was written warning that the day of the Lord was near, and those who didn't repent would be judged. Most of the book is predictions of judgement, but the last six verses are a beautiful promise to Israel.

However, the verse that jumped out at me was chapter two verse eleven.  "The Lord will be awesome against them; for He will famish all the gods of the earth, and to Him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations." It's so easy to look around at our world today and think that everyone has forgotten about God. Even if that's true now, it won't always be!

A quote I heard once that made me laugh, and then on second thought made me really happy, has to do with this. "See, the devil thinks he's going to win, but I've read the end of the book, and God wins!" In other words, everything is going according to plan. This helps me be able to let go of things that are worrying me. So my challenge to you? If you're upset about how the world is going downhill, or how bad things are getting, go read the end of the Book. =)