A BALLERINA FOR HABAKKUK. This is a clip from a video that will release next week with the song “I Will Thank God He’s My Savior.” The song came from an unusual moment I had while paraphrasing Habakkuk’s last words, a prayer of remarkable faith. If the embedded video didn’t survive, here’s a link: Ballet for Habakkuk’s song.
I DOUBT THERE WAS BALLET in Habakkuk’s day, a prophet who lived and may have died when Babylonian invaders leveled Jerusalem in 586 BC.
But I think he would approve of a ballet dancer soaring through a song inspired by his lyrics.
The ballet video above is part of one music video coming next week, with the release of “I Will Thank God He’s My Savior,” a song inspired by the prophet Habakkuk’s words. It’s a prayer of faith in a God who was about to erase the Jewish nation from the world map. Imagine expressing faith in God under those extreme pressures.
For the story about where the song came from
I made a short video of the story behind what drove me to release the first song I have ever released to the public.
It’s Habakkuk’s fault, I think. I know it wasn’t my idea.
The closing lines of Habakkuk’s book stunned me. I’ve read the story many times before, but now that I was paraphrasing it, the punch hit harder.
I don’t know if it knocked sense into me or out of me. I may never know. But I know the power of that punch.
This week’s winner of 900 Bible maps
Joyce Burrows of Milwaukee is this week’s winner of the 900 downloadable PDF maps in The Casual English Bible Atlas, a 1-gigabyte collection of PDF Bible maps, many in 3D style.
Two more winners to go: Next Monday, February 5 and next Friday, February 9—the day Habakkuk’s song releases.
To get your name in on the running for the last two Atlases, leave your mark on the Spotify Pre-Save link below.
You don’t have to subscribe to Spotify. Just leave an email and they’ll let you know when the song has released and is available to add to whatever streaming service you use.
Listen, there aren’t that many people leaving their mark on the Pre-Save link. I’m not Taylor Swift. I’m just another one of those Kansas City fellas.
Peace to you.
I have been humming this tune for the last two weeks…I love it. I enjoyed our visit and the video on writing this song. I believe this song is the providence of God. The situation in Habakkuk is the same situation in the Country, and especially what the Church is facing in collusion with evil and deceit. I think every time I turn off social media or hear more BS on maga news, I am going to sing “I Will Thank God He is My Savior.” The wonderful providence that your daughter couldn’t do anything with the song worked out better! Even if you-know-who was to win the you-know-what we will sing to our Lord “Thank God He is My Savior!”
Yes. I believe Habakkuk faced something similar to what we’re potentially facing, the end of a nation. We are a divided nation, with many godly people being deceived into believing sinfulness is an acceptable choice. But it is as evil as it ever was. Still, no matter what we choose, president or dictator, democracy or autocracy, the constitution or chaos, God remains our Savior. Yet we as a nation will reap the harvest of the seeds we sow. We’re accountable.
When I listen to the spewing rhetoric of false accusations without substance or evidence, it reminds me of the meaning of the word satan. It means “accuser” and “adversary.” Listening to some of those angry souls yelling and blaming and maligning innocent people and victims alike, it’s like watching satan in the flesh.
But win or lose, God is our Savior. That’s Habakkuk’s message to his people and, I believe, to our people.
May God help our nation find its way back to honesty, decency, and honor. Some of our political and spiritual leaders, as in Habakkuk’s day, are giving us none of that.
Peace to you, Wayne.