Inter-Varsity Press From Fear To Faith : Rejoicing In The Lord In Turbulent Times

The country was on the brink of a devastating invasion.Famine threatened. Violence and social injustice filled the land. Habakkuk the Old Testament prophet had every reason to sink into despair.Where was God in these turbulent times?D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was one of the twentieth century's foremost preachers and Bible teachers.The parallels he draws between the message of Habakkuk and the crisis-ridden West are still powerfully relevant to our own times. Here is the secret of the problem of history. No event, however catastrophic, fails to find a place in God's loving purpose for humanity.Habakkuk's great assertion of faith, in the midst of enormous personal upheaval and emotional strain, can be ours: 'Yet I rejoice in the LORD...The Sovereign LORD is my strength.'