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Habak chapter 3 verses 17 and 18

though the fig tree should not blossom nor fruit beyond the vines. The produce of the olive fail, and the fields

yield no food. The flock be cut off from the fold and there be no heard in the stalls.

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

I will take joy. rejoice in the Lord.

I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Oh, two of the most beautiful verses in all, the and do you feel the weight and the wonder of

what Habak just said you think about this the short three chapter book and all that it contains like this wrestling before God with

honest questions God why why is this happening as Habak sees evil and suffering an injustice around him and he gets to the end and this is his conclusion.

I listen to the conclusion again,

though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines,

the produce of the olive fail,

the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold, there be no hurt in the stalls.

In other words, when nothing is right, when everything is barren.

The fig tree is not blossoming.

There's no fruit in the vines.

There's no produce from the olive tree.

There's no food in the fields, nothing. The flock is gone. There's no herd in the stalls, like there is nothing.

In total barrenness and desperation and need. Yet, verse 18, I will rejoice, not even just trust

in God, I will rejoice in the Lord. I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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