"A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk" (Habakkuk 3:1) - Prayer and
prophecy go together. Pray before preaching God's Word. Let the prayers
go up to the Lord. May the power come down from the Lord. Keep on
praying after the Word's been preached. Pray that the Lord will follow
His Word with His blessing. "... renew... reveal... remember... "
(Habakkuk 3:2). Pray that God will remember us - "remember to be
merciful." Pray that He will reveal Himself to us as the living God, the
God who works in our lives to change us and make us more like Himself.
Pray that He will renew our life so that we are no longer walking in
our own weakness. Now, we are living in His strength. "Praise...
power... paths... " (Habakkuk 3:3-6), "His praise fills the earth, His
brightness as the sunlight. Rays of light stream from His hand. That is
where His power is hidden." We need to go to His Word. We need to let
His Word shine upon us. We need to pray that His power will reach us and
change us. "The ancient paths belong to Him." Which way are we to go?
We are to "walk with the Lord in the light of His Word." This is the
way of blessing - praising the Lord, receiving His blessing, walking in
His pathway. The Lord reaches out to us with His "salvation." He comes
to us with "rivers" of blessing (Habakkuk 3:8). The Lord saves us. He
calls us to be His people. He anoints us, touching our lives, shaping
our lives by His Holy Spirit. Why does He save us? Does He forgive our
sins, and then leave us just the way we were? No! He empowers us for
"action (Habakkuk 3:9). As we consider all that the Lord has done for
us, is doing for us and will do for us, we learn to say, "I will be
happy with the Lord, I will truly find joy in God, who saves me, The
Lord Almighty is my strength... He makes me to walk on the mountains"
(Habakkuk 3:18-19). There is so much in these verses to encourage us to
go on with the Lord, strong in Him, strengthened by His Word and His
Spirit. To God be the glory!
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