Homilist Habakkuk 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk on my high places… "High places" are the best things in life and experience. They lift a man up to God. I. HIGH PLACES OF VISION. On a mountain we see more clearly. There are seasons when we get clear views of Divine truth, when they appear in a new glory. True, the revelation is made, — it is all in the book. But so the landscape exists. Yet unless your feet ascend the high places it is as though it were not there. So the revelation is in the book, but you must get up the mount of vision to see it. II. THE HIGH PLACES OF FAITH. On "high places" we see things farthest, and so the mount of faith. Not only is there nothing between you and the distant object, but through a rarefied atmosphere there is the least possible obstruction. Moses on the heights of Pisgah saw the goodly land of promise spread out before him. It is a beautiful type of faith, Gazing upon the land which lies across the "narrow stream," a man may take out his title-deeds and contemplate his possessions. III. THE HIGH PLACES OF ENJOYMENT. In "high places" men breathe more freely, so pure and exhilarating is the rarefied air. So it is with the soul. Drink in the quickening, inspiring influence of the Spirit. "Yield yourselves to God." "If you live in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit." Be spiritually minded. IV. THE HIGH PLACES OF EXERTION. On the heights a man can do more than on the low places of ordinary life. This is an image of spiritual life. God makes a man's feet like "hinds' feet"; that is, He makes the heavy, sluggish mortal into a light active being. To reach these heights we must climb. God will lead, but we must walk. If we would be great or high we must bear in mind they must depend on our own labour. (Homilist.). Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. |
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