Hab 3:17-18
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall
fruit be in the vines; the labour 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:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of
my salvation.KJV
Even as the year draws to a close,most folks look at the
days gone by and wonder if there is any reason to say thank you to God.This has
been the norm for so long a time.People make resolutions at the beginning of
the year,maybe to stop a particular habit but at the end of the year,they are
in a much worse state than they were at the beginning.I was watching the news
the other day and I saw a guy who was being interviewed at the beginning of the
year and he said he was gonna quit smoking that year.But here he was still
smoking.When asked,he said it was because of the circumstance of life that had
come his way in the year and he had to look to his cigar for comfort.Well
consider the thought the profet habakuk
is communicating.He says even though things are as bad as can be, I will
rejoice in thee oh God.Sometimes we are so caught back in our setbacks and disappointments
of the things we couldn’t achieve that we totally ignore the ones that we did.
You didn’t get a job this year,but you never went hungry.You
forget that there are people in this world whom to eat is a daily issue.Your didn’t
get a playstation 3 but you forget that there are people who don’t even have
the hands to hold the pad.Your mum didn’t prepare your favourite meal,and now
you are angry.But you forget that there are people in the hospital who have
lost their sense of taste and are feeding through their nostrils.You didn’t get
the nike mercurial soccer shoes,rather you got angry and disappointed and now
you want to kill everybody.Well if you are angry,I suggest you go break the
sky.You didn’t get the latest Mary kay cosmetic kit and the latest Gucci handbag,and
youre countenance is marred because now you cant impress the girls and feel
among as well as attract the attention of that boy,who as a matter of fact,doesn’t
even care about your existence.You graduated from university with a third class
result and you are wondering why should I thank God.But you forgot that
classmate of yours who was on a first class and today,he is no more.Do you
think It is by your ability that you have gotten this far?No my brother,No my
sister.It is by the Lords mercies that you haven’t been consumed.MANY TIMES,OUR
SPIRITUAL PROMOTIONS DONT COME FROM VERY BIG AND COMPLEX ISSUES THAT WE THANK
GOD FOR,BUT FROM THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HAND IN THE SMALL VICTORIES WE ARE
GRANTED DAILY.So get a piece of paper and a pen and begin to write all the
things God has done for you this year and as you begin to count your
blessings,it will indeed surprise you what the Lord has done.
PROFET ABUA
PROFET ABUA
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