Responding to Adverse situations. Taking a leaf from Prophet Habakkuk .

Though the fig tree does not blossom And there is no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive fails And the fields produce no food, Though the flock is cut off from the fold And there are no cattle in the stalls,  Yet I will [choose to] rejoice in the Lord ; I will [choose to] shout in exultation in the [victorious] God of my salvation!  The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army]; He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet And makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places [of challenge and responsibility]. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.
Habakkuk 3:17‭-‬19 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/hab.3.17-19.AMP


🏹Background:

I'd like to greet you all in this season of the commeration of the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. This season and timing is just perfect for what I am about to share and I'd like to lay the foundation with the above verse in Habakkuk 3:17-19 and the 3 questions?
Are you in a situation where the odds appear to be naturally stuck against you❓
Has this been your norm for as long as you can remember❓
Does the future look uncertain and does it appear that you are powerless to alter it's course❓
The season is always right for a conversation about the unseen dimension of reality in Christ if you have answered 'Yes' to any of the above question👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾‼

🗝The words spoken through the prophet Habakkuk clearly identify with an a)uncertain future:

❌ the fig tree does not blossom🤔
❌ there is no fruit on the vines,🤔
❌the yield of the olive fails🤔
❌ the fields produce no food🤔
❌ the flock is cut off from the fold🤔
❌ there are no cattle in the stalls🤔

 b) When the above conditions are prevalent we would have expected a reaction of fear and insecurity. However instead of giving way to despondency or influencing others to think in this way, the prophet Habakuk responds rather very positively! In responding with words of hope and positive affirmation,  he rerouted his faith and trust in God.
🗝It is one reason the prophet remains  grounded, which helps him make sense of his life purpose amidst all the  carnage of war and destruction they are surrounded by. Including aconstant threat of war.

I have been asking myself the question: John, what can you learn from the book of  Habakkuk except the pronunciation of an unusual name😂❓:
✅I can exercise my CHOICE:
🙏🏾Yet I will [choose to] rejoice in the Lord ;
✅I can make a CHOICE TO BE VERY VOCAL about my express hope in the INVISIBLE reality which exists in God :

🙏🏾I will [choose to] shout in exultation in the [victorious] God of my salvation! 🙏🏾
✅That when I am surrounded by adversity I can still verbalize my hope in the existence of a better situation.

🔥When I make a decision to do this, even thou it goes against the  grain of most conventional thinking I GET RESULTS‼:

🙏🏾The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army];🙏🏾

🗝Dear family and friend, the invincible resources of God are accessible to us within God's divine nature.
🗝Our universe is preprogrammed to yield to God's dominion. Which dominion was initially delegated to the first created(Adam) and designed(First Woman) human couple.
🗝When Adam and Eve fell from God's divine nature, they were also robbed of their dominion over the earth.
🗝That was the beginning of the falling away of creation which eventually led to the current state of our environment and human society.
🗝The adverse situation the prophet Habakkuk was decrying to God happen to be indirectly a result of what was lost from the first human couple's fall from God's divine nature.
🗝The goodnews is that when we become followers of Jesus Christ through supernatural Spiritual regeneration something eternal happens which later has positive consequences from our lives flowing outward and restoring our environment to God's DIVINE ORDER.

🗝 I'd like to share the following verses with you which expresses this truth principle.I have shared it in the message version and the amplified version:

🅰Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [born anew] into an inheritance which is imperishable [beyond the reach of change] and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, for you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.
1 Peter 1:3‭-‬4‭, ‬23 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/1pe.1.3-23.AMP

🅱What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now! God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all—life healed and whole. Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop, God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.
1 Peter 1:3‭-‬5‭, ‬22‭-‬25 MSG
https://bible.com/bible/97/1pe.1.3-25.MSG

Conclusion:
Today respond to your challenges circumstances by taking aleaf from the prophet Habakkuk👍🏾👍🏾😀.
🗝Instead of reciting how bad things look, DRAW strength from the Holy Spirit of God by making the CHOICE to AFFIRM the authority of God over your life and your situation!
🗝Then become really vocal that your optimism and praise overwhelms your thinking RESPONSE to the situation.
🗝As you do you will be en-COURAGED and em-BOLDENED as you witness firsthand the DIVINE NATURE of God RISE UP from within you and literally crush the hostility set against you.
I have one final verse for you before we conclude:

We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ, being ready to punish every act of disobedience, when your own obedience [as a church] is complete.
2 Corinthians 10:5‭-‬6 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/2co.10.5-6.AMP

God bless you❤