Habakkuk 3:
8 Was it in anger, Lord, that you struck the rivers
and parted the sea?
Were you displeased with them?
No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!
9 You brandished your bow
and your quiver of arrows.
You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
10 The mountains watched and trembled.
Onward swept the raging waters.
The mighty deep cried out,
lifting its hands to the Lord.
11 The sun and moon stood still in the sky
as your brilliant arrows flew
and your glittering spear flashed.
and parted the sea?
Were you displeased with them?
No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!
9 You brandished your bow
and your quiver of arrows.
You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
10 The mountains watched and trembled.
Onward swept the raging waters.
The mighty deep cried out,
lifting its hands to the Lord.
11 The sun and moon stood still in the sky
as your brilliant arrows flew
and your glittering spear flashed.
Oh I am in love with this worship song every time I read it.
We often quote verses 17-19, which I believe inspire the Desert Song.
But the earlier verses are also very, very, powerful.
Before the prophet was his fallen nation.
There was no economy recovery to look forward to, no stimulus package.
Rich traders and Economists were dead.
And those prosperity prophets? They had all perished.
His theology was tested to the core.
Is God still good?
So every time I pass by the valley,
I would come back to this song.
And remember that even as my heart start to fail..
my Lord is on his way.
Ain't no mountain or valley would stop him.
And no He will never be late.
Coz He will even order the time to stand still as He rushes to my rescue.
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