'Come away'

"The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deers feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills."                                       Habakkuk 3:19    NKJV

Yesterday, we saw that Habakkuk was speaking of the lack of fruit and no produce from their labour. All that had been done, had failed and they were left with relatively nothing; and yet, they praised God and shouted for joy with a sacrifice of praise - 'Yet I will rejoice in the Lord' 3:18.

Today, we go further into scripture, 'The Lord is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet and He will make me walk on my high hills.' 

 Let us look at Song of Solomon 2:10-13:

"Rise up, my love, my fair one and come away. 11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 12 The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land. 13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one and come away.'

In comparison to Habakkuk 3:17, even though it is a different scripture and a different time, we can see the benefit of putting our trust in God and praising Him. Here, we see a great example of change. Whereas, there were no figs on the tree and the vines had failed, we see things can change rapidly when we put God in the driving seat, when we heed His voice and 'Come away'.

Warren W Wiersbe gives us a great insight into the term 'Come away':

'Come away, is a great word of the gospel of God's grace. It is God's lovely invitation to the weary who need rest, (Matthew 11:28-30), the sin-stained who need cleansing, (Isaiah 1:18), the hungry who need nourishment, (Luke 14:17) and all who thirst for the water of life, (Revelation 22:17).

You may have been going through a harsh winter, not only battling with the rain, cold and the storms of recent days and the future may look bleak as well. But, spring is upon us, the birds are singing, trees and bushes are budding and flowers give us beautiful colours. It is spring and God is saying: 'Come away, walk and leap with Me. Things are going to get better, just learn to trust Me more and praise Me deeper. It will be ok. Come away'.

Personalise Song of Solomon 2:10-13 and pray it out loud and claim it and allow yourself to be open to the changes God wants to make in your life.

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