For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house: Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.19The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes’ feet, guiding me on my high places. Habakkuk 3:17-19
It’s less than two weeks until Christmas. I haven’t bought a single gift, sent a Christmas card, enjoyed a Christmas song or movie. It’s not unusual for me to wait until the last minute to buy gifts, but normally I’m into Christmas early, not this year.
I’m not exactly sure why. It maybe because the last year has been an incredible roller coaster ride. In the last twelve months I’ve experienced some of the highest and lowest points of my life. It’s just been too much. Like I told someone recently, I just want the year to end.
I know I sound like Scrooge and I feel like him. I’ve been visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. I just can’t seem to decide what their message is. Sometimes I feel like Moses knowing that it’s time enter the Promised Land, but glad I won’t be going. Other times I feel like Joshua, excited, but intimidated by what the future year holds.
There are reasons that God allows these highs and lows. He is trying to shake us, to get our attention. Whether things are great or terrible, He wants our attention. Like Habakkuk, we need to recognize that whether things or good or bad, we are to be “glad in the Lord.” The Lord is our strength. It is He that guides us to the high places which are our ultimate destinations.
Maybe it’s time to get the Christmas Spirit, feel like it or not. He’s about to do something, no matter what it is, it’s in my best interest.
Be blessed.
Nick
There are reasons that God allows these highs and lows. He is trying to shake us, to get our attention. Whether things are great or terrible, He wants our attention. Like Habakkuk, we need to recognize that whether things or good or bad, we are to be “glad in the Lord.” The Lord is our strength. It is He that guides us to the high places which are our ultimate destinations.
Maybe it’s time to get the Christmas Spirit, feel like it or not. He’s about to do something, no matter what it is, it’s in my best interest.
Be blessed.
Nick
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