Habakkuk 3:18 “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Have you ever had one of those days?  You know, the one where nothing seems to go right and Murphy’s law seems to be playing out in every aspect of your life!?

Murphy’s law is a popular adage that states “things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance” or more commonly, “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.”  You know, one of those days?

Habakkuk is describing a terrible moment of God’s wrath upon the earth in the beginning of this chapter as he is praying to God but in the middle of all this “terrible trouble” he breaks into a song.  This song starts with acknowledgment that if everything goes wrong……the fig tree may not blossom….no fruit on the vine……the olive may fail…the fields yield no food…..the flocks cut off and no herd in the stalls.  I don’t know how it could get much worse… Murphy’s law!

But in verse 18 he says, “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 

Squarely in the middle of everything wrong, Habakkuk gets it right. 

Our rejoicing doesn’t come from external stimuli, it doesn’t come from what we have and it doesn’t come from anything we do.

It comes from knowing who God is in our life.  In the middle of everything getting sideways on him Habakkuk was able to recognize that even if everything else goes wrong, God is still God.  He is the God of my salvation and that is reason enough to rejoice. 

He went on to say in v.19) The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like a deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills.

Don’t let a bad moment or a bad day overwhelm you.  God’s law (word) is greater than Murphy’s law any day of the week.

PRAYER:  Heavenly Father, I trust you.  I trust You even when everything seems to be going wrong.  You are the God of my salvation.  You are my strength.  I will rejoice in You.  In Jesus Name.  Amen.