“Yet I will rejoice in the Lord” [Habakkuk 3:18]

“Yet I will rejoice in the Lord”. Our situations and circumstances will change. Things happen that we have little, if any, control over which can deeply affect us. Like Israel, facing imminent captivity, life may look very bleak at times, but our circumstances must not prevent us from rejoicing in the Lord. He is still our God and Saviour. Is our praise of Him dependent on things going well for us? Should we not praise Him for who He is? We may prefer good times to bad, but the Israelites became complacent during the years of plenty and forgot the Lord their God. The Lord knows that through hard times our experience of Him can be so much deeper. Praising God when life hurts produces a blessing that cannot be had when life is easy. Try it today and let the Holy Spirit lift you up.