| “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 3:19 |
The British writer and missionary, Hannah Hurnard, in the middle of her life at a time when she held to strongly orthodox Evangelical Christian beliefs, penned a great Christian classic in the fabulous little book, Hinds Feet on High Places. Written in 1955, and re-published many times since that date, the book traces the journey of a young woman named “Much Afraid,” as she traveled from her family, “Fearing,” to the “High Places of the Shepherd,” guided by her two companions “Sorrow” and “Suffering.” This allegory packs so many wonderful truths into a relatively few paragraphs.
Hurnard drew the idea for this wonderful book from the writing of the Prophet Habakkuk, as recorded in Habakkuk 3:19:
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
God is our Great Enabler. He gives us the ability to tread ever upward in our spiritual formation, in our dependence on Him, and in our quest to represent Him well to the people around us who need His love and His care. We can most certainly celebrate this imbued power of God, as we begin this new day.
Let’s be sure to thank Him that He enables us to tread on the heights. We can rely on His mercy, grace, and abiding love to empower us as His dearly loved children.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, September 13, 2018
