Habakkuk

I really like the way Crabb quotes Habakkuk. Imagine these words from Hab. 3:17-19, and then Crabb added the words in italics. Crabb says we should shift our foundation from doubt to confidence, from terror to enjoyment, from rage to worship will occur only when something stirs within us that makes us long, more than anything else, to build our lives on the reality of God.

Though the fig tree does not bud

And I am alone

And there are no grapes on the vines,

And I can find no joy in my world right now;

Though the olive crop fails

And I have nothing to soothe my open wounds;

And the fields produce no food,

And I’m out of a job or hate the one I have;

Though there are no sheep in the pen

And no one warms me on cold nights

And no cattle in the stalls

And I have no tangible basis for feeling secure,

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.