Animals
deer in Habakkuk 3
DEER
This creature shows up in Habakkuk 3:19: “Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Habakkuk 3:19
“Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.”
What kids can learn
When you hear deer in Habakkuk, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Habakkuk 3:19 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Habakkuk 3:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahweh,theLord,ismystrength.Hemakesmylikedeer’sfeet,andenablesmetogoinhighForthedirector,onmystringedinstruments.