Responding to adverse situations: Taking a leave from the Prophet Habakkuk Pt 2

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

N🏹Background:

I'd like to greet you all in this New Year and New Decade season🕐🕐💖💖.
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 as I did in Part 1?
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❓
Dear family and friend in a new year season and especially when another decade has began it is always right for a conversation about what is real in life! Because it is obvious that the older we get or as the years pass the more important this question becomes for us! Perhaps the future looks quite uncertain or a little unpredictable to you. Maybe you are looking for some assurances that things will work out and you crave a lot more security and certainty ❗Well you are making the right decision to follow this conversation which is centred around Habakkuk's rather bleak outlook on the future?In 2020 with a drought in Australia, having bushfires which raise smoke and fumes to pollute the sky with threats of war and hostility between a major nuclear armed nation of the world and one of the most aggressor regimes of the world we can no doubt relate to the Prophet's  outlook of an uncertain  future‼

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

❌ the fig tree does not blossom🤔that is the seasonal vegetation which could be taken for granted to produce it's leaves and blossom fails to respond in a way which is consistent with it's plant nature.
❌ there is no fruit on the vines,🤔again these are carefully cultivated  produce which means the input of human effort is futile.
❌the yield of the olive fails🤔By this time, we have the picture of a near recession.This represents a major currency of the then known eastern world.
❌ the fields produce no food🤔. Usually when the above have occurred you will have atleast something available for domestic consumption without which you can declare that a geographical location  is very close to experiencing a drought... alarmingly close to a famine.
❌ the flock is cut off from the fold🤔Animal products are stored produce in the sense that they can provide wool for clothing, they are required for their faith life to be used to sacrifice to God and the fact that these are also affected suggests that these are very dire times❗
❌ there are no cattle in the stalls🤔The picture looks even bleaker. Remember that Oxen were used as productive tools  for larger scale cultivation in those days.

 b)As highlighted in Part 1, when the above conditions are prevalent we would have expected a reaction of fear and insecurity. Such a reaction would have been a logical and a rational one to follow.
The response of Habakkuk the prophet is very unusually refreshing.Instead of giving way to despondency or influencing others to think in this way, his response is very positive! He responds with words of hope and positive affirmation and by so doing he rerouted his faith and trust in God.Amen❗
🗝Dear family and friend this is one reason the prophet remained   grounded, which helped him make sense of his life purpose amidst all the  prevailing carnage of war and destruction. In addition, there was a constant threat of war.

As in part 1, I have been asking myself the question: John, what can you learn from the book of  Habakkuk in addition to the pronunciation of an unusual name😂❓:
✅I can exercise my CHOICE:
🙏🏾Yet I will [choose to] rejoice in the Lord ; It is important to remember that neither the President of the USA or the Religious Spiritual militant leadership of the Persian gulf countries are responsible for how this world in which we live in ends!BUT THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD IS the DETERMINANT❗Whilst the leadership of each nation is making a lot of noise and threatening about how powerful their ccountry is, we need to remember God's word sets the parameters which shapes world events.
✅I can make a CHOICE TO BE VERY VOCAL about my express hope in the INVISIBLE reality which exists in God : When these rulers boast about their destructive arsenals of war I can also be vocal about God's love, His Sovereignty and How God through His living word will ultimately carry the day, by exercising dominion via His Spoken word❗Amen🙏🙏

🙏🏾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. In part 1 i made reference to the fact that our universe is preprogrammed to yield to God's dominion. That this was infact initially delegated to the first created(Adam) and designed(First Woman) human couple.When they fell from God's divine nature, they were also robbed of their dominion over the earth.Which was the beginning of the falling away of creation which eventually led to the current state of our environment and human society. Now let us return to our "conversation" from Prophet Habakkuk's message.

🗝The adverse situation, the prophet Habakkuk was decrying to God happens to be indirectly a result of what was lost from the first human couple's fall from God's divine nature. If this was true centuries  ago then, it is even more so centuries later But the story ends on a positive note in our case❗Which means an interlude of History gives us even more EVIDENCE to believe in the fact that there is going to be a RESTORATION ❗It is goodnews!

🗝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. Are you familiar with the term 'DIVINE NATURE'❓

🗝 Well perhaps now is the time for a brief chat about DIVINE NATURE 💖. Just as I did in Part 1,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

I am going to give my Conclusion after sharing the following verses as I did in part 1:

Today i encourage you once more to respond to your challenging circumstances by taking a leaf from the prophet Habakkuk👍🏾👍🏾😀.
🗝Opt out of reciting how bad things look and DRAW strength from the Holy Spirit of God by making the CHOICE to AFFIRM the authority of God over your life and your situation!
🗝Furthermore, validate your decision even further by becoming really vocal in your optimistic expressions❗Persist until your optimism and praise overwhelms your thinking RESPONSE to the situation.This is a very important exercise which enables us stay grounded in spite of being surrounded by a bleak situation.
🗝Taking this leaf from Prophet Habakkuk 's book really works. But I want to identify the process of what is actually occuring to you😁🙏.
🔑Firstly you go against the grain of what you are supposed  to do when faced with bleak circumstances.
 🔑🔐As you do you UNLOCK the restrictions placed on you by the tidal wave of despair which you are constantly feeding your outlook and your mindset! Become consistent no matter how bad things appear to you❗
🔑🔐You will be UNLOCKED from every restriction and every selfdestructive mindset which stem from discouragement!
✔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.
🙏Another verse I shared in Part 1, as a part of your conclusion is the following
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 an Happy New Year and a wonderful brilliant decade of the 2020s❤