Rejoicing through Difficulty

Hab 3:17-19
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 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 go on the heights.

This passage is definitely a word picture of a difficult time. We all face difficult times, and trials. And yet how often during trials do we still rejoice in the Lord? Over the past several months I have found myself going through various trials that I never quite suspected. Nothing close to what is described in this passage in Habakkuk. But I had really felt that the Lord wanted me to truly pursue him, without any distraction. Each and every day I make decisions that either glorifies the Father, or they don’t. I make decisions in which I choose to follow Christ, or I choose to disobey. I have no excuses. I know that if I don’t establish God as my priority now, then it will only get harder as time goes on, and my distractions and trials become greater. Just recently I have found myself barely able to move with my whole semester and present situation in a quandary. But through it all, I don’t really know what the Lord’s plan may be, but my prayer is that it will draw me closer to him. Through it all, I realize that no matter what I go through, no matter how big or how small, God is my refuge. And even through it all, he is still protecting me and guiding me. I am so unworthy of the Lord’s amazing graciousness. I am so undeserving but he freely bestows his amazing, and incomprehensible love. Though trials may come, I pray that my faith will as Habakkuk's that “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 off a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.”