SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/25/2016
10:53 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
I will rejoice in the Lord
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Habakkuk 3:17-18
Message of
the verses: “17 Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the
fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, 18 Yet I will exult in the LORD, I
will rejoice in the God of my salvation.”
I have to say that this is one of my most favorite
passages in the Word of God to me as it shows what great trust that Habakkuk
has in the Lord to care for him, even in the distressing times that will ever
come upon him. He has resigned to the
fact that Judah will be destroyed, and that the people will go into captivity
and even if there is no food or anything to sustain him, his trust is in the
Lord. When Babylon got done with ravishing
the land of Judah there would be very little left that had any value “You’ll
wake up holding your throbbing head, hung over—hung over from Lebanon violence,
Hung over from animal massacres, hung over from murder and mayhem, From
multiple violations of place and people (Habakkuk 2:17).” Even though all of this has happened to Judah
God is still on His throne working out His divine purposes for His people as we
read in another of my favorite passages “And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose (Romans 8:28).”
There are verses in the New Testament that go along
with this section from Habakkuk: “16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s
will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).”
Dr. Wiersbe concludes his commentary on this section
by writing “It’s one thing to ‘whistle in the dark’ and try to bolster our
courage, and quite something else to sing about the eternal God who never
fails. Though his lips were trembling
and his legs were shaking (Hab. 3:16, NIV), the prophet burst into song and
worshiped his God. What an example for
us to follow! It reminds us of our Lord
before He went to the cross (Mark 14:26), and Paul and Silas in the Philippian
dungeon (Acts 16:19-34). God can give us
‘songs in the night’ (Ps. 42:8; 77:6; Job 35:10) if we’ll trust Him and see His
greatness.”
It surely takes a lot of faith and trust in the Lord
to do the things that these hero’s of faith did in the face of great danger to
themselves.
2/25/2016 11:11 PM
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