Old Testament Scripture Reading: Hab 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. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:25 – (KJV)
Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) God’s children must always realize that as long as they belong to God, that He has their best interest in mind and will always support the ones who are His and walk according to His commands, regardless of any seemingly negative conditions which He may allow for a season or a reason.
2) Habakkuk the Prophet experienced being in a situation where God was allowing the disobedient nation of Israel to be shaken and smitten by their enemies to the point that it looked as if God was no longer assisting them as He allowed the Chaldeans to render severe turmoil against the entire southern kingdom.
3) Jesus makes clear the fact that there is no reason to deal in excessive anxiety as long as we dedicate our lives to seek FIRST our relationship with our heavenly Father; and allow truth (The facts of God’s Word) to override any internal fears, and external threats, {primary sources of depression, anxieties, undesirable circumstances out of our personal control, and any other devices of the devil, the world nor the flesh} fulfilling our equation of Truth over anxiety equals PEACE!