“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation” (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
This guy believed bigly in God. Even when everything was failing around him, he trusted God. This reminds me of Paul and Silas singing praise about midnight in the Philippian jail (Acts 16).
I wish I could say that I would praise the Lord if I were unjustly imprisoned or the whole world collapsed around me. I want to do that, but I don’t think I am there yet.
Father, help me to have the spirit of Habakkuk and Paul and Silas. Help me to look into the face of hardship and praise you. Amen.
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