Lord
I have heard of Your Fame;
I
stand in Awe of Your Deeds, O Lord.
Renew
them in our Day,
In
our time make them known;
IN
WRATH REMEMBER MERCY.
God
came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His
Glory covered the heavens an His Praise filled the Earth.
His
Splendor was like the sunrise;
Rays
Flashed from His hand, where His Power was hidden.
Plague
went before Him;
Pestilence
followed his steps.
He
stood, and Shook the Earth;
He
looked, and made the Nation Tremble.
The
Ancient Mountains Crumbled
And
age-old hills Collapsed.
HIS
WAYS ARE ETERNAL.
I
saw the Tents of Cushan in Distress,
The
Dwellings of Midian in Anguish.
Were
You angry with the rivers, O Lord?
Was
Your Wrath against the streams?
Did
You Rage against the sea
When
You rode Your horses and Your Victorious Chariots?
You
Uncovered Your Bow,
You
called for many Arrows.
Your
Split the Earth with rivers;
The
Mountains saw You ans Writhed.
Torrents
of water swept by;
The
Deep Roared and lifted up its waves on high.
Sun
and Moon stood still in the heavens
At
the glint of your Flying Arrows,
At
the Lightning of Your Flashing Spear.
IN
WRATH YOU STRODE THROUGH THE EARTH
AND
IN ANGER YOU THRESHED THE NATIONS.
YOU
CAME OUT TO DELIVER YOUR PEOPLE,
TO
SAVE YOUR ANOINTED ONE.
YOU
CRUSHED THE LEADER OF THE LAND OF WICKEDNESS,
YOU
STRIPPED HIM FROM HEAD TO FOOT.
With
his own spear you pierced his head
When
his Warriors stormed out to scatter us,
Gloating
as though about to Devour
The
Wretched who were in Hiding.
You
Trampled the sea with Your horses,
Churning
the great waters.
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.
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,
YET
I WILL BE JOYFUL IN GOD MY SAVIOR.
THE
SOVEREIGN LORD IS MY STRENGTH,
He
makes my feet like the feet of a Deer,
He
enables me to go on the heights.
(Habakkuk
3)
Habakkuk
has just given us a view of God's Great Tribulation.
In
Anger God Almighty Threshes the Nations;
And
the Leader of the Land of Wickedness [Satan]
Is
stripped head to foot; his head is Pierced.
Today,
as we watch All the Nations
Align
themselves against God and His Christ Jesus,
In
Preparation for all that Habakkuk saw,
Let
us remember how this all Ends;
They
Nations are All Destroyed.
No
matter how bad things get,
The
people of God will be Joyful in God their Savior.
THE
SOVEREIGN LORD IS OUR STRENGTH.
He
enables us to go on the Heights.
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