Our moods do rise and fall like the ocean waves. We can be happy at this moment, but the next moment, quickly sink into depression. Happiness is unpredictable as it depends on some favorable circumstances. Joy, on the other hand, is constant as it looks towards a faithful and unchanging God. Though the harvest failed and the farm animals died, Habakkuk could still rejoice in God.
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation – Habakkuk 3:17-18.
Why? Because he knew that God is trustworthy and He will prove His faithfulness once again in the midst of such national crisis. Joy births forth when one comes to experience the truth of God.
Instead of constantly being worn down by the negative circumstances we face and unfavorable remarks we hear each day, we can now learn to put our hope in the One who causes the morning sun to rise. Choose, therefore, to rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation and be constant in prayer.
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