Deaf Devo - The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States for Sunday, 16 July 2017 "Minor Prophets (9)" Bible Reading: Habakkuk 3:17-19
Habakkuk 3:17
For even if the fig tree doesn’t blossom,
and no fruit is on the vines,
even if the olive tree fails to produce,
and the fields yield no food at all,
even if the sheep vanish from the sheep pen,
and there are no cows in the stalls;
18 still, I will rejoice in Adonai,
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 Elohim Adonai is my strength!
He makes me swift and sure-footed as a deer
and enables me to stride over my high places.
For the leader. With my stringed instruments.
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The book of Habakkuk is the only minor prophet book that doesn't have a prophecy from God to His people. Instead, the book is about Habakkuk's complaints to God!
Many evil things were happening in Judah. People were violent and stole from each other. So Habakkuk complained that God was not helping him. God told Habakkuk that He would send enemies to take over the land and punish the people.
Did Habakkuk stop complaining? No, he complained even more to God. Habakkuk was upset that the people who would take over the land were even more evil than the Israelites. God told Habakkuk again that He would punish His enemies for their sins.
Finally Habakkuk stopped complaining and praised God. In our Bible verses for today, Habakkuk said that he was happy that God was his Savior. Don't complain today. Instead, give your worries to God. Then thank Him and praise Him for what He has done for you.
"But I will still be glad in the Lord and rejoice in God my Savior." [Habakkuk 3:18]
PRAYER: Father, thank You for always being with me. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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