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Scriptural Reference: Habakkuk 3:16-19

 

“When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor 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.

‘The LORD GOD is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me walk upon my high places. (To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.)”

 

Take a moment with me and read these scriptures. Before you grab your survival kit and tilt into full panic mode see this context. These scriptures clearly depict a time of national sorrow, famine, peril, and uncertainty. Our headlines resound with global panic and government leaders are scrambling to keep an ever-evolving sense of normal for humanity. What can be clearly stated is that right now, today, the power struggle between nations of people, lands, weapons, and wills may well become, in a singular defining moment, a time of suffering prolonged and deeply personal.


Looking again at the scriptures, the last words, of the last verse seem out of place and yet today these words are appropriate.

 

                                    ‘… to the chief singer on my stringed instruments.’

 

This group of scriptures is a song.

 

These scriptures are not a lament or dirge to be droned and bellowed from hearts without hope. Rather, this song is a declaration, a pronouncement of communion, dependence, covenant, and grace to endure. This is a clarion call to rebel against fear and an invitation to the reader to choose joy. As surely as any decision is made by faith and hope today, and right now, these ‘perilous times’ demand a choice.

 

What you believe is essential.

 

Whom you believe in will maintain the tone and posture of your heart and thoughts.

 

What you choose to focus on becomes your atmosphere, climate, and inner environment.

 

Whether you have a vote, a voice of influence, or you are a majority of one: choose wisely and well.

  

 

Feel free to shine,


One Light

 

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