Habakkuk 03: Dancing in the Rain

When the fields are empty and the sky won’t clear, can joy still rise? We open Habakkuk 3 and follow a prophet who starts with hard questions and ends with a song, showing how memory, honesty, and trust can carry a soul through a storm that hasn’t passed yet. This is not a feel-good shortcut. It’s a grounded look at how faith works when justice is costly and answers sting. We walk through the vivid prayer-song—mountains trembling, seas parting, sun and moon pausing—and see how remembering God’s track record reframes fear. The text won’t let us pretend; Habakkuk names failed crops, empty barns, and trembling knees. Then he chooses joy anyway, not because the ledger turned positive, but because the Lord remains steady and near.

I share a “dancing in the rain” story to picture this kind of hope: the season hasn’t changed, but the first drops remind you it will. We talk about what it means to rejoice as an act of resistance against despair, how worship becomes stability on rough ground, and why “the righteous will live by faith” is more than a slogan—it’s a survival map. If you’re heading into a battle, inside one, or finally coming out, this conversation offers language, courage, and a next step.

Join us as we read the passage aloud, unpack the movement from protest to praise, and pray for steady feet and a faithful heart. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs strength today, and leave a quick review so others can find the show. Your voice helps spread hope.

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Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT).
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Chapters

• 0:01 Welcome And Daily Bible Focus
• 0:24 Setting Up Habakkuk Chapter 3
• 1:01 Community And Support Invitations
• 1:28 Habakkuk’s Big Question And God’s Answer
• 2:27 Reading Habakkuk 3 Aloud
• 5:32 From Questions To Worship
• 7:31 Dancing In The Rain Metaphor
• 9:07 Real-Life Battles And Trust
• 11:01 A Word To The Weary

Transcript

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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Bible Breakdown Podcast with your host, Pastor Brandon. Today, Habakkuk Chapter 3. Today's title is Dancing in the Rain. Dancing in the Rain. I don't know if you've ever done this before, but if you've ever been in like a drought season and it is just, man, it is so hot and it's just a miserable, and you're waiting, you're like, man, if the rain will just come, it'll make it feel better. And finally it does. And it is just this amazing moment that the drought's not over, the heat's not over, but for just a little while, you get to have a little bit of fun, right? And we're going to talk about that today in Habakkuk chapter three. And so while we're getting all that ready, while you're getting your popcorn, while you're getting your Bible out, getting your Bible journal out, getting your highlighters out, all the things, make sure you also like, share, and subscribe to YouTube channel and the podcast. Make sure you leave us a five-star review on the podcast. It really does help. And make sure you're going to the Bible breakdown discussion on Facebook. There's an amazing group of people doing a wonderful job. They help us learn that the more we dig, the more we find. And you can get all of those details at the Biblebreakdown.com. Well, if you've been with us, it's a very short book, but it is really interesting because it is a conversation that a prophet is having with God. And the overall idea of Habakkuk is living by faith. It's this idea that they're in the middle of this situation and they don't understand. God, you just got rid of the Assyrians for us. Now you're bringing the Babylonians? Why? I don't understand why. And in chapter one, that's what it was all about. Habakkuk was just saying, I don't understand why you're doing this. I don't get it. Chapter two, God is saying, because of all the sin going on, all the corruption that's going on. But trust me that I've got a plan. I'm not just doing this for no reason. I got a plan. And in chapter three, we're going to get to see the finale of it where God is saying, I have got a plan, but my plan is always to bring you back. And so we're going to read this together and we're going to talk about dancing in the rain. And we'll see what God's Word has to say for us, say to us. So if you're ready, here we go. Habakkuk chapter 3, verse 1 says this. This is the prayer. This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk. So he went from talking to now he's singing. Okay? So this is this is all in song. Don't worry, not going to sing to you today, but here we go. I have heard all about you, Lord. I am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger, remember your mercy. I see God moving across the deserts of Edom, the Holy One coming from Mount Peron. His brilliant splendor fills the heavens, and the earth is filled with his praise. His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise. Rays of light flash from his hands, where his awesome power is hidden. Pestilence marches before him, plagues follows close behind. When he stops, the earth shakes. When he looks, the nations tremble. He shatters the everlasting mountains and levels the eternal hills. He is the eternal one. I see the people of Kushan in distress, and the nation of Midian trembling in terror. What is in it? What is in anger, Lord, that you struck the rivers and parted the sea? Let me say that again. Was it in anger, Lord, that you struck the rivers and parted the sea? Were you displeased with them? No. You were sending your chariots of salvation. You brandished your bow and your quiver of arrows. You split open the earth with flowing rivers. The mountains watched and trembled. Onward swept the raging rivers. The mighty deep cried out, lifting its hands in submission. The sun and moon stood still in the sky, as your brilliant arrows flew, and you glittering spear flashed. You marched across the land in fury and trampled the nations in your fury. You went out to rescue your chosen people and to save your anointed ones. You crushed the heads of the wicked and stripped their bones from head to toe. That sounds gross. With his own weapons you destroyed the chief of those who rushed out like a whirlwind, thinking Israel would be as easy prey. You trampled the sea with your horses, and the mighty waters piled high. I trembled inside when I heard this. My lips quivered with fear, my legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait qua quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us. Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines, and even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren, even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation. The sovereign Lord is my strength, and he makes me sure footed as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. And then in parenthesis, it says for the choir director, this prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments. So what just happened there? What Habakkuk realizes is in chapter one, he was asking God a bunch of questions. God, why? Why, why, why the Babylonians? They're not good either. They're bad news as well. Why are you bringing them our way? And then in chapter two, God is saying, Because justice is required. So I'm going to tell you, but you better pass it along. All this evil y'all have been doing, justice has to be required. And then in chapter three, Habakkuk is saying, You're right, God. This is justice. But at the same time, I know you. I know you are bigger than any of this, and that nothing can overcome you. And so when the time is right, you are going to rescue us. When the time is right, I trust that you are always going to be faithful to who you are. And he was talking about how big God is and how how full he is, and how nothing can overwhelm him, nothing can overcome him. And so if the enemy comes in and takes them over, it's not because God wasn't faithful, it's not because he wasn't big enough, it's because of them. And then he said, even though these bad things are going to happen, and even though it's going to take bad things to win our victory, I'm going to trust you. In the middle of all the bad, I'm going to trust you. And then he was thinking about this and thinking about the devastation of battle and all these bad things. He says, I'm going to read it one more time. He says, verse 18, he says, Yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in God of my salvation. The sovereign Lord is my strength. He makes me sure footed as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. I'm going to trust you, and I'm going to see that you truly are faithful. That is a an amazing song of hope, despite the trouble. Which is what it makes me think about dancing in the rain. I have this memory when we first moved to the city we're in now, we went through, my family went through the hottest summer we we'd ever been through. It was it set some kind of record from what I was told that that a certain amount of consecutive days it got over a hundred degrees in a row. No rain, nothing. And I remember one day after it had been many, many days, the humidity was just so bad because it was it was overcast. It was it was trying to rain, but it wasn't raining. It was just terrible, right? And finally, finally, finally, it rained. And as it rained, some of that humidity started to lessen. And it was like this wonderful little like eye of the storm. And I knew that behind me was 100-degree weather, you know, and then once this was done, there's gonna be 100-degree weather. It wasn't over yet. It was still July. Summer was still going on, right? But for just a little while, I remembered it's not always gonna be like this. Fall is coming, it's gonna get bad again, but it's gonna be all right. Like I it's just that moment, just that sigh of relief for a moment. And I remember just my girls and I, we were just outside, just in the rain, because it was, oh, it felt so good, you know. And I was thinking about that when I was thinking about what Habakkuk is saying. And can I just be honest with you? We need to hear the truth of Habakkuk. Because the truth of Habakkuk says there's going to be seasons when we are going to experience hard times. I truly believe this. I believe that most everybody listening to this is in one of three places. You're either in a battle, you're just coming out of a battle, or you're just about to turn into one. It's the story of life. It's just the ups and downs of living in a fallen world, right? It's just it's a story of life. And so there are battles. And what Habakkuk is saying is first of all, it is okay to wrestle with God. It's okay to struggle and say, God, I don't understand. But at the same time, even when the answers that God gives us are answers we don't like, we still look back and we go, but you know what, God, I don't get it. I don't understand, but I trust you. And I trust that you are trustworthy. I trust that even if I'm going to go through another battle, it has nothing to do with your trustworthiness. It has nothing to do with your ability, your faithfulness. I am going to trust you no matter what. I'm going to live by faith. I'm going to live by what I know, not just by what I can see. And can I tell you, sometimes that's beautiful to think about, and sometimes that's the lifeline that we live for. Because it doesn't always look good. Sometimes for a long season, it looks like the enemy is winning. That bad is being celebrated. But we trust the Lord, and He always makes a way. For some of you today, that's just a testimony. You you've been through some difficult seasons, you're on the upside right now, and you're just like, Praise the Lord, Pastor, I can I can testify, right? Others of you, you're right in the middle of it right now, and that's a lifeline for you. And that's us throwing out a life preserver as you're out in the water, and we're saying, Don't give up. God is trustworthy. I know it seems like everything's going wrong. I know it seems like your relationship is just about over. It seems like your your dream job is just about ended. I know it seems like school is going to overwhelm you, the bills are going to overwhelm you, all of that. You have one job. Trust the Lord. Do the best you can, trust the Lord, and trust that whatever comes, He is right in the middle of that storm with you. And that's what Habakkuk was saying. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation, because the sovereign Lord is my strength. He makes me sure footed as a deer, and I'm able to tread upon the heights. God is with you more than you realize. Let's pray. God, thank you so much for today. Thank you, God, that you're with us, you're for us, you see us wherever we are. I pray today, God, that you will celebrate with us when we celebrate, and you will walk with us when we walk through dark places and through every season, you'll remind us that you are close and that you are trustworthy. I love you today. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. And amen. Well, God's Word says one more time, Habakkuk 2, verse 4. The righteous will live by their faithfulness to God. Man, that's so true. I love you. I'll see you tomorrow for the next part of the Bible Breakdown Podcast.