Zephaniah 2:1-3 — Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger. 
Did anybody ever tell you to “get over yourself”? They thought you thought you were more important than they thought you were — maybe when you were moaning about something.
An over-inflated self image seems to be a “popular” problem at the moment — there are already eighteen people who think they would be just great as President! It’s not a new problem. The people of Judah seem to have been suffering from it when God gave Zephaniah a message for them, some six or seven hundred years before the birth of Christ.

Zephaniah brought a shocking message. These few verses at the start of chapter 3 go to the heart of it. God was not pleased with the people of Judah. They had been engaged in “blended” worship, just as likely to bow down to Ba’al as to Jehovah. They had become arrogant. The image is clear, the Day of the Lord is coming when the grain will be separated from the chaff, and the chaff will be burnt — and the Judeans are chaff!

A merciful God, though, always provides His people with an escape clause. In this case, it’s contained in verse 3: “Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger“. God’s people are never meant to be proud. They are to be a humble people, and separate from the arrogant people around them. 

There is always a risk of the religious becoming the self-righteous. It’s made very clear in the Old Testament and the New that it’s not what God wants! “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8). “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3)

God’s people should be a humble group, seeking the Lord in these difficult times. It may be that we shall be hidden in the coming day of His anger. If any of us think we’re getting smart, it’s time to get over ourselves!