Old Testament

There is a kind of rejoicing that waits—waits for the diagnosis to change, for the contract to close, for proof that God has acted. And then there is another kind. It speaks before outcomes are certain. It rises before the harvest. It sings before the chains fall. This is the rejoicing of faith. Habakkuk 3:17–19 teaches us that defiant rejoicing is not the reward of stability. It is the confession of faith when stability collapses.