Habakkuk began with the prophet questioning God as to why He had not intervened as the people became more evil. Then, he questioned God because God told him of His plan to allow an evil nation to take the nation captive. Yet, God’s response was “the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him. The just shall live by his faith.” (Habakkuk 2: 20,4) Then, as he pondered of all that God had done, Habakkuk concluded. “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation” (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
Why? How? His Answer:
“The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.” Habakkuk 3:19.
We cried because we watched our country moving so fast away from God. Then we cried as we watched the bitterness and fighting between factions. Suddenly in a matter of days, life suddenly became darkened by a virus that is spreading out of control. Fear, panic, anxiety rises among the people. Yet, we have laid aside the bickering, fighting to help each other. My friend saw one lady pull out her card and pay for a father’s groceries when he didn’t have enough. Our lives suddenly slowed. We are forced to reconsider our lives. Amid the turmoil, we have a moment we can reflect on our own lives.
though the fig-tree not bloom I will rejoice
Habakkuk in his righteous indignation at the beginning, thought he knew better than God. but then as he considered the righteousness and the Glory of God, he paused and said, “When I heard, my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered my bones.
And I trembled in myself” (Habakkuk 3: 16). For in the midst of it all, Habakkuk recognized his own wickedness- his pride and repented.
And God’s purpose in it all? The salvation of His people. ” You marched through the land in indignation;
You [c]trampled the nations in anger.
13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your Anointed.” Habakkuk 3:12-13
Concluding thoughts
God’s plan is perfect. It is one of love and the desire to save all who would come to Him in faith, accepting Jesus Christ as their savior.
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Through many trials, I have learned to trust Him, no matter what. He has been there every step of the way to guide me. Ultimately His goal, my salvation and to transform me step by step into the likeness of Jesus. Even if it has been a cross that lifted me up, He has provided me with an Abiding Steadfast joy in Him. Not because of anything I have done. For I have been so unworthy; yet, He died for me.
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To the Glory of God Alone
Bible Verses
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit (Jeremiah 17:7-8).
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psalm 34:19)
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. Psalm 9:13-14
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:6-8 (NKJV)
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