Joy in Seasons of Famine Habakkuk 3:17-19

O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. Habakkuk 1:2-3

So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted. Habakkuk 1:4

yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. Habakkuk 3:18-19

Habakkuk never stopped pursuing God

Habakkuk never stopped pursuing God Habakkuk believed God was at work

Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.” Habakkuk 1:5

Habakkuk never stopped pursuing God Habakkuk believed God was at work Habakkuk chose to watch and wait

I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Habakkuk 2:1

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4

Habakkuk never stopped pursuing God Habakkuk believed God was at work Habakkuk chose to watch and wait Habakkuk remembers

O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. Habakkuk 3:2

In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2

Habakkuk never stopped pursuing God Habakkuk believed God was at work Habakkuk chose to watch and wait Habakkuk remembers Habakkuk worships

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14

Habakkuk never stopped pursuing God Habakkuk believed God was at work Habakkuk chose to watch and wait Habakkuk remembers Habakkuk worships Habakkuk prays

In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7