Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me

Sunday, August 11, 2013

In The Darkest Of Circumstances And In The Midst Of Everything We Must Rejoice In The LORD

                                   

Hab 3:17-18  Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
 
I ask you to observe what a disastrous situation is being described in this passage and to notice how courageous is the faith that is expressed.

It is as if the writer were actually saying, “Even if I am forced to undergo the extreme condition of not knowing where to find my next meal, and although my house is empty and my fields yield no crops and I see the evidence of divine pestilence where I once saw the fruits of God’s plentiful provision, ‘yet I will rejoice in the Lord.’”
 

I believe that these words are worthy of being written forever
in stone with a diamond tool. 


Oh, by God’s grace, may they be deeply etched on the tablets of each of our hearts! Although the above verse is very concise, it nevertheless implies or expresses the following thoughts of the writer: that in his time of distress he would flee to God; that he would maintain his spiritual composure under the darkest of circumstances;and that in the midst of everything, he would delight himself with a sacred joy in God and have cheerful expectations of Him.
 

Heroic confidence! Glorious faith! Unconquerable love!
 

~Philip Doddridge~

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