Message for January 18, 2026 from Pastor Shirley

Habakkuk 3:17-19  “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: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.  The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me walk upon mine high places.” 

WORD WEALTH –  SPIRIT FILLED LIFE BIBLE

JOY – Gil (geel): Strongs: To joy, rejoice, be glad, be joyful. Gil contains the suggestion of dancing for joy or leaping for joy,” since the verb originally meant “to spin around with intense motion.” This lays to rest the notion that the biblical concept of joy is only “a quiet inner sense of well-being.”  The righteous Messiah shall rejoice in God’s salvation with intensity that the psalmist cannot find words to describe (Psalm 21:1). In turn, His redeemed citizens are joyful in their King: they praise him with dances with instruments and with singing. (Psalms 149:2,3) Although everything is wrong in Habakkuk’s external world, He is leaping for joy over his fellowship with Yahweh

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will “joy” over thee with singing.  Zephaniah 3:17