The prophet Habakkuk could have been speaking about the largest church shooting in American history and the worst mass shooting in Texas history that occurred on November 5, 2017. He wrote: Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord , I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights (Habakkuk 3:17-19). The particular Sunday marking the bloodiest day in American church history was designated the day to pray for the persecuted church worldwide. American’s don’t regularly face a hitman charging through their churches on a Su...
