Could it be possible that the uncertain times we live in today were the same uncertain times that fell on earth in times past? Look at what the Lord told the Prophet Habakkuk to write on the tablets and make it plain and clear, not just for that generation, but the vision was given for a future generation. When I think about what the Prophet wrote on those tablets it becomes plain and clear to me that we are the nation, and I am that person on those tablets.  

What sorrow awaits you thieves!

What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly!

What sorrow awaits you who build cities with money gained through murder and corruption! What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk! 

What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols, wake up and save us!

When I looked and heard what the Lord was doing this week the signs were everywhere: A local church sign reading before you vote, ask yourself can government save; In the news this week, Iran and Russia combining forces to form a gas cartel to control the world gas production; the world economy worsening; large businesses closing; the unemployment rate rising. Please tell me there is hope to escape the sorrow that awaits?

Was it as obvious to you this week as it was to me? The Lord is doing something in our generation, something amazing; something we should all want to be a part of. Habakkuk got his answer to escape the sorrow that awaits directly from God. If you are a child of God you can be a part of what God is doing in this generation too. Let these verses from Habakkuk become as personal and important to you as they have become for me and my family. 

Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there be no fruit on the vines; though the product of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no cattle in the stalls; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will exult in the (victorious) God of my salvation! The Lord God is my strength, my personal bravery and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and will make me to walk (not to stand still in terror, but to walk) and make (spiritual) progress upon my high places (of trouble, suffering or responsibility) Habakkuk 3:17-19 (Amplified translation)

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Could it be any simpler than seeing is believing? John was forever blessed because he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears and felt with his own heart the words that Jesus spoke. Yet, Jesus says we who believe without physically seeing him are also blessed. Immediately after Thomas exclaimed in John 20: 29 "My Lord and My God" Jesus told him "You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me." How can this be? We didn't see, hear, or touch him. No.......but when we believed, his holy spirit came and lived inside us and we are forever changed. The blessing is having the Holy Spirit live within us and never leave or forsake us. Do you believe?