Advent(Dec. 19): Watch and Wait
I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord ; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God , the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places . Habakkak 2:1, 3:17-19 Habakkuk saw how his people were turning against God. He pleaded to God to do something... “As a watchman takes the proper place, especially in time of danger and distress, he was determined to wait patiently for an answer, and to continue to constantly attend to every motion and dictate of the Spirit of God, and take particular notice of what should be suggested to