Thoughts for Another Day

June 24, 2011

Today's verse: 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: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)                                                                                    

There's tribulation around me.  The fig tree shall not blossom nor will there be grain sufficient to eat. The rains are delayed and predicted to be scanty.  There won't be sufficient to plant and grow.  The yield of my hands is expected to hit rock bottom and I'll be facing terrible insufficiency this year.  I've also been rocked by disease and each day my body creaks degree by degree and it's so difficult to get up, to sit and work.  My world seems to be falling in on me…

 My enemies have surrounded me and they're fierce and unrelenting and like marauding dogs they are looking to tear me to pieces. Even my sleep is drudgery.  Where do I find help and where do I get relief.  Then I look at the heavens, the hills from where my help comes.  And there I see the LORD of the earth, the only Almighty and Living God enthroned upon the throne.  I know; I know Him who is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob and He looks down upon me; and though the clouds of despair beset me across my firmament, I jump in delight and I shout Hallelujah.

For I know, He is mighty to redeem.  He stretches forth His hand and He removes me from the pit of danger.  With a stroke of His finger, He flicks away those who were my enemies, those who had laid snares for me.  They vanished never to return again and He helps me up with His own hand.  I grasp His hand and latch on to it; I saw my tears fall on His hand and He wiped them of my face carefully measuring each tear and putting it into His flask.  I now rejoice and I joy for though the whole world be against me, I know my God is for me.  He will redeem.