Devo It Up!

Today Jesus and I read the book of Habakkuk. I don't normally post my devos but who likes normalcy anyway?


Scripture:


Habakkuk 3:17-19

¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
       and there are no grapes on the vines,
       though the olive crop fails
       and the fields produce no food,
       though there are no sheep in the pen
       and no cattle in the stalls,

 ¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
       I will be joyful in God my Savior.

 ¹⁹ The Sovereign LORD is my strength; 

Observation/Application:

Habakkuk early on asks a lot of tough questions (Chapter one: how long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? etc.) He sees the yuckiness in the world and asks God "Why!?" Why does there have to be hurt? Why won't you do anything?

How many times have we ourselves been there? I know I have..

I know I have felt like no matter how many times I cry out for answers or action I still can get nothing. What I love about reading Habakkuk is that we get to see God's answer to Habakkuk's many questions. 

Habakkuk 1:2 says "How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?" God responds in chapter 1 verse 5, "Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."

HOW INCREDIBLE!! God is going to move in ways that I/We can't even fathom. Although this world can get extremely tough and often doesn't make sense we must keep "our eyes focused on His beautiful eyes and let our hearts beat to the rhythm of His heart" (lyrics from I Adore You- Phil Wickham). For his promises are EVERLASTING! He wants to do powerful, awesome things in your lives. We must hold on and continue to walk in faith towards this inconceivable movement he has in store. I really do believe this is true for you guys. God wants to move today, right now in our lives and all we need to do is be open to it. We don't need to understand it completely or even necessarily agree... we just need to give the direction of our lives over to Him because he cares for us.  

As verses 17-19 says:

 ¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
       and there are no grapes on the vines,
       though the olive crop fails
       and the fields produce no food,
       though there are no sheep in the pen
       and no cattle in the stalls,

 ¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
       I will be joyful in God my Savior.

 ¹⁹ The Sovereign LORD is my strength; 

  

Although we may not be able to always see movement, we will continue to press in to know Him. 

When there is NO evidence of God moving; all the sheep and cattle are gone, no food in sight, and no buds of life... We will patiently wait on Him because he is our strength. How much comfort there is in having hope/life in someone who is so much bigger than yourself and CARES for you even when you complain, ask Him the tough questions, or simply ignore him. 

I will wait patiently through hard times because I know He is there and that he has promised action! My God is great and his promises concrete.

Prayer:

Father, thank you so much! You are so glorious! I thank you that even in hard times I can trust you to pull through! You ARE my strength and I lean and trust in you. Let me never forget that you are at work even when I can not see. All I got to do is keep following in your steps. I wait upon you and the promises you have for my life. I love you so much. 

-Lindsey