When you’re down, the devil’s minions have a habit of kicking you. I have been down in the valley for six years now, and most of the time, the devil’s minions have been kicking me.
Habakkuk 3 v 16-19
I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.
Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity
to come on the nation invading us.
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 Saviour.
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
Step 1 run to God for your questions: Habakkuk means wrestle with God, in chapter 1 he wrestles with God; God why don’t hear me, God why you don’t help me. Always come to God with reverence.
Step 2 rejoice in Him: even in lack. Praise God in your lack.
Step 3 rely on God to see you through. Habakkuk also means to embrace. Trust the Lord to see you through. Verse 19 Adonai Yahweh means sovereign God is my strength. (Adonai means sovereign and Yahweh means God). 2 Timothy 4 v 16-18 At my first defence, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. 17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Step 4 Let God be your strength. In verse 19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
You can get up when you go down, you can go up to high places with feet like that of hind deer when you make the Lord your strength.
