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I think about Psalm 119, 162. It says, I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

There is spoil. There's treasure waiting for you and me every day in God's word, not just so that we know it and understand it,

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Habakkuk chapter 3 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 herd in the stalls yet i will rejoice in the lord i will take joy in the god of my salvation

what a passage what a statement of faith here at the end of the book of Habakkuk.

Just get the imagery, I mean, just phrase after phrase after phrase saying, things are barren.

Things feel hopeless.

Things are dry. The fig tree is not blossoming. There feel hopeless. Things are dry.

The fig tree is not blossoming.

There's no fruit on the vines.

The olive produce is totally failing.

The fields are yielding no food.

The flock is totally cut off from the fold.

And there's no herd in the stalls.

Everything is empty. you ever feel like this

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