We certainly have had some stormy weather lately! In honor of our April showers join me in contemplating what Pat Evans has to say about "Storms." This is an excerpt from her devotional book Honey for a Woman's Heart, used with her permission. Stay dry and enjoy!
Storms
" . . . The righteous will live by faith." Habakkuk 2:4b
Living here on the Gulf Coast, we are used to storms and even hurricanes. We are used to high winds and lots of rain. Several years ago, my pastor preached from the little book of Habakkuk giving us three simple points that we can apply to our lives today.
Chapter one: "Looking at the storm brings confusion."
My husband and I have sat on our back porch and looked at hurricane force winds and horizontal rain, wondering what was this storm going to do to us, to our property. It always brings confusion.
Chapter two: "Looking through the storm brings confidence."
It's here that the Lord says to Habakkuk, "the righteous will live by faith." When we look through the storm with faith in our Abba Father, we do receive confidence because He is Almighty God, sovereign and in control even of the rain and wind. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
Chapter three: "Looking beyond the storm brings comfort."
Habakkuk prays to the Lord, ". . . I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known."
The little book is ended with the magnificent praise: "Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be JOYFUL in God my Savior. [Because] The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of the deer, He enables me to go on the heights."
He takes away my confusion in the storm; He brings me confidence through the storm; He brings me comfort as we look beyond the storm and though we may not see it we can know He is our strength and we can be joyful!
Pat you are so wise. I pray God will save us from "low visibility" in storms and enable us to see through and beyond. It's so difficult when you're in a storm to imagine through it or beyond it. But if we ask Him, He will provide.
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