Old Testament Scripture Reading: Habakkuk 3:17 – 19 (KJV)
Hab 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Hab 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Hab 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:16 – 20 (KJV)
Mat 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Mat 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Transforming Power Statements:
1) God’s program is the greatest thing going in the heavens and the earth, therefore, if we belong to Him we do not ever need to fear what smoke-screen the world, the flesh nor the devil puts up in an attempt to get us off course, because God is never ever going to come short of His Word!
2) The Old and New Testaments are filled with examples of how there are always scoffers and mockers who come along with a smoke-screen to get true believers of their assignments and to shift our focus off of Jesus Who is God’s king, and whose Kingdom we are all praying to come on earth as it is in heaven.
3) Habakkuk had to come to learn to remain in Focusing On Jesus, no matter what the current conditions seemed to be asserting as an immediate emergency which always tend to distract you from the central theme of all the entire Bible, which is Christ In You, the Hope of glory! (Colossians 1:27)