Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Habakkuk 3:18

“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Habakkuk 3:18 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Habakkuk 3:18, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Habakkuk 3. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

17 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:

18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
  • Micah 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
  • Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegro…
  • Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Romans 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
  • Psalms 25:5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
  • Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Luke 1:46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
  • Psalms 118:14The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
  • 1 Peter 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • 1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
  • Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

More to meet God in Habakkuk

Habakkuk 3:19Habakkuk 1:4Habakkuk 3:2Habakkuk 1:12Habakkuk 3:10Habakkuk 2:5Habakkuk 2:8Habakkuk 3:6Habakkuk 3:3Habakkuk 2:3Habakkuk 1:13Habakkuk 2:18

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.