“Yet,
I will rejoice in the Lord, 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
tread on the heights.”
-Habakkuk
3:17-19
YET. You can put anything before that word and it will
still do the same thing – override whatever was put before. “I have nothing, yet…” – “I have cancer,
yet…” – “I got fired, yet…” and on and on the examples go. It doesn’t make the first half small or
insignificant, but it means there is something bigger then all of that. Yet, I
will rejoice in MY GOD, in my SAVIOR. The verses leading up to this are talking
about the great power of our God. How
God is in control. Habakkuk is asking God to rescue them from their trouble…
then he describes their hardships, they have nothing and have lost everything…
but then he says “yet.”
Do I say yet? Do I have my eyes focused on Him, my
Savior? Or am I focused on this world that will soon pass. “Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” He
is the one that enables me to live! Who gives me breath, freedom from sin and
condemnation! It is HIM. Am I focused on Him?
Do I have the attitude of Habakkuk, do I see how
great of a God I serve. Not for what we
want Him to do, but for what He has already done. Sometimes we can feel as if
we are walking through a dessert, and that God has put a Jericho in front of
us. It looks massively daunting, because our minds our racing in all the
logical reasons why we can’t overcome this Jericho. But God is just sitting there, waiting for
that word, YET.
Yet, I am a child of the most High King, and He says
nothing is impossible for me, because HE
is my strength. He makes my feet like
those of a deer. He enables me. I will rejoice in Him.
“Oh
Lord, help me. Help me to always keep my eyes on You. Help me to rejoice in You
always. You saved me! From eternal hell and You are my Father. What else do I
need? I rejoice in You, because the rest is meaningless. You are my God! Thank
you for being such and good and patient Father. Forgive me for not keeping my
eyes on You always. For doubting and not resting. Lord help me to rejoice in
You, my God and Savior. Help me to trust in You and Your plan. Because Your way
is higher. Though, in the eyes of the world, some might look at me and say I
have nothing… I say “Yet, I have everything, because I have You.” And that is
not just enough, it is more than enough, and it is more than I deserve. It is a
gift that nothing on this earth can even begin to compare with. Lord, grown my faith, bring on the Jerichos,
so that I might see your power, and so that the world might see that You are
God. So that You might be glorified through our lives. We rest in You and Your
unfailing love. Amen.”
