Yet will I 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 as hinds feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. Habakkuk 3:18-19
Sometimes it's very hard to contain myself when I’m writing the Morning Love, especially when the Lord has given me verses, like today, that speak to my right now; what He is working out right now, how He is blessing right now; how He shows me that He is mindful and reminds me by saying, “Cynde, I got this!” It is especially notable to say here that when you give over to Him completely, you get the opportunity to understand Him in His fullness. Consequently, you begin to experience nothing but joy and with what I experienced, it felt nothing short of amazing and it was extraordinary what came over me and suddenly there was a peace that truly passes all understanding. I have a new prospective for what Paul said in Philippians 4:7-8. When I tried to explain this, a friend asked me if I felt as if I was being carried, as if I was in the hands of the Lord, yes and it was a wonderful way to describe what I was feeling; it was as if I was just floating.
The Lord has been speaking in regards to many things lately and I wonder how it is possible for me to attain it all, yet, He has taught and allowed me to learn how to trust, move, and do as He tells me without me getting in the way. Through various persons and even through devotionals, He has been constantly sending a direct word and without question, it was for me. Because at times, Cynde does asked alot of questions and requires of the Lord some answers to some specifics concerning things that affect her. The story of Habukkuk is a perfect example, when He gave it to me this morning, first I had to smile but also wanted to read and study more before writing about it.
Habukkuk means to embrace or the One who embraces and he chose to hold firmly on to God regardless of what happens. He chose to have complete confidence and move without fear of God's divine intervention. He decided that nothing was BIG enough to stand in the way of his ultimate joy and happiness in spite of what or how it appeared. I’ve said this before that what we fear the most, never comes to fruition. This acronym describes it best, FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real).
If you read the previous chapters of Habukkuk, you’ll see that he was not afraid to grapple with God about certain issues that would test his faith. He directs all of his questions to God and then waits to see how He will respond. After a couple of times of this, Habukkuk finally gets an understanding from the responses and realizes who God is – His person, His power, and His plan. He realizes that it is God’s plan and not his… sound familiar? This speaks volumes to my life and I have been Habukkuk on so many occasions, and also including some recent times. We fear what we don’t understand or what we cannot control however, we must radiate absolute assurance and trust in the God of our salvation. He knows what He is doing and it's always going to work out for our good, regardless the outcome.
Now that Habukkuk understands this, He gives God praise and begins to rejoice. You can truly delight in God and have joy when you understand as well as acknowledge God’s wisdom and divine purpose for your life. Especially, when you “get it” and you are in alignment with His will for your life. This is the part that gave me such happiness and butterflies, you know that's what we say we get when we are anticipating something wonderful because like Habukkuk, I too, finally got it.
So, I’ll end the love where I started, talking about the scripture He blessed me with this morning. "Yet will I 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 as hinds feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places." Regardless of what is going on, regardless of what I see or don’t see, God is yet in control. He has shown me that He is my salvation, He is my strength, His is my deliver, He is my all and all, He is God and is there anything too hard for Him? All I need to do is put my complete trust in Him and like the hind (which is a female deer) whose home is in the mountain, whose rear feet step precisely into the same spot as her front feet, and whose every motion on the mountain, from the roughest to the most challenging of the rocky terrain is always focused, sure-footed, and equipped to climb up to the high places of the mountain. And to add to today's journey, a deer actually ran across the road in front of the car this morning afterward. How's that for confirming a word and how can I do anything else but rejoice in the God of my salvation? I'm feeling nothing but joy right now!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
Sometimes it's very hard to contain myself when I’m writing the Morning Love, especially when the Lord has given me verses, like today, that speak to my right now; what He is working out right now, how He is blessing right now; how He shows me that He is mindful and reminds me by saying, “Cynde, I got this!” It is especially notable to say here that when you give over to Him completely, you get the opportunity to understand Him in His fullness. Consequently, you begin to experience nothing but joy and with what I experienced, it felt nothing short of amazing and it was extraordinary what came over me and suddenly there was a peace that truly passes all understanding. I have a new prospective for what Paul said in Philippians 4:7-8. When I tried to explain this, a friend asked me if I felt as if I was being carried, as if I was in the hands of the Lord, yes and it was a wonderful way to describe what I was feeling; it was as if I was just floating.
The Lord has been speaking in regards to many things lately and I wonder how it is possible for me to attain it all, yet, He has taught and allowed me to learn how to trust, move, and do as He tells me without me getting in the way. Through various persons and even through devotionals, He has been constantly sending a direct word and without question, it was for me. Because at times, Cynde does asked alot of questions and requires of the Lord some answers to some specifics concerning things that affect her. The story of Habukkuk is a perfect example, when He gave it to me this morning, first I had to smile but also wanted to read and study more before writing about it.
Habukkuk means to embrace or the One who embraces and he chose to hold firmly on to God regardless of what happens. He chose to have complete confidence and move without fear of God's divine intervention. He decided that nothing was BIG enough to stand in the way of his ultimate joy and happiness in spite of what or how it appeared. I’ve said this before that what we fear the most, never comes to fruition. This acronym describes it best, FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real).
If you read the previous chapters of Habukkuk, you’ll see that he was not afraid to grapple with God about certain issues that would test his faith. He directs all of his questions to God and then waits to see how He will respond. After a couple of times of this, Habukkuk finally gets an understanding from the responses and realizes who God is – His person, His power, and His plan. He realizes that it is God’s plan and not his… sound familiar? This speaks volumes to my life and I have been Habukkuk on so many occasions, and also including some recent times. We fear what we don’t understand or what we cannot control however, we must radiate absolute assurance and trust in the God of our salvation. He knows what He is doing and it's always going to work out for our good, regardless the outcome.
Now that Habukkuk understands this, He gives God praise and begins to rejoice. You can truly delight in God and have joy when you understand as well as acknowledge God’s wisdom and divine purpose for your life. Especially, when you “get it” and you are in alignment with His will for your life. This is the part that gave me such happiness and butterflies, you know that's what we say we get when we are anticipating something wonderful because like Habukkuk, I too, finally got it.
So, I’ll end the love where I started, talking about the scripture He blessed me with this morning. "Yet will I 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 as hinds feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places." Regardless of what is going on, regardless of what I see or don’t see, God is yet in control. He has shown me that He is my salvation, He is my strength, His is my deliver, He is my all and all, He is God and is there anything too hard for Him? All I need to do is put my complete trust in Him and like the hind (which is a female deer) whose home is in the mountain, whose rear feet step precisely into the same spot as her front feet, and whose every motion on the mountain, from the roughest to the most challenging of the rocky terrain is always focused, sure-footed, and equipped to climb up to the high places of the mountain. And to add to today's journey, a deer actually ran across the road in front of the car this morning afterward. How's that for confirming a word and how can I do anything else but rejoice in the God of my salvation? I'm feeling nothing but joy right now!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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