Daily Devotional – 12/31/12 “A YET Person!”

I was on Facebook on yesterday and I saw a post from one of my friends on what his Pastor had preached on and of course it piqued my curiosity. So I went to Habakkuk 3:17 and it says, “Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,” and I was even more curious because if all these things have happen how could there be something good at the end but then Habakkuk 3:18 says, “yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!” Now comes the rejoicing and the shout! See, this tells me; I may be struggling in my finances, yet I shall not be without. I may be drinking tears for water yet my weeping won’t last. I may be heartbroken at the moment yet my God is a heart fixer. I may have a few storms in my life yet God is my umbrella. I may have to lose a few friends yet God is always a whisper away. I may lose a few loved ones through death yet God never leaves. I may get burdened down in my trials yet God is my strength. I may not always see my way yet God is my light. I may sometimes do wrong yet God forgives me. I may not always know my worth yet God continues to bless me. I may not always do what I know I should or go where I know I am supposed to yet God still uses me. Yea, I may fall at times yet I can still get up. Yea, so called friends may have dug a dusty grave for me yet I shake off the dirt, pack it under my feet and rise. Yea, sickness may be attacking my body yet I’m living. Yea, my road may be longer and my fights may be harder yet I’m willing. Oh, I feel my help on this morning sitting at work on the last day of 2012 because I’m a YET kind of person. See, I may not have done everything right in 2012 yet God is keeping me. I may not have been the person that I should have been yet God is keeping me. I may not have even seen all the things that God has for me to see yet He is keeping me. I’m excited about the things to come in the New Year. No, I’m not making resolutions yet I’m making changes. I’m not going to make a promise to do this or that more, stop doing this, stop going there, eat better or to even lose more weight yet I am striving to be better than I was. I may not have all the answers yet God is still teaching me. My new year will bring about new appreciations, new dedications, new elevations and even new territory enlargements because in the midst of my prayers I believe in His power because even through my momentary memory loss when it feels like my hope is slipping and my faith is weak I am yet holding on to God!