Habakkuk
God Isn’t Lining up With Expectations
Even though Habakkuk is deeply disturbed about the wicked conditions of God’s people and wants God to do something about it he is not ready for the way God is going to deal with it. He can’t believe that God is going to send the Babylonians like a pack of wolves to devour and punish them …
Woe to The Wicked
Inasmuch as Babylon was soon to rise to the height of its power and would not be overthrown for another seventy years (until 539 B.C.), the scope of what God revealed to His prophet in this passage was significant. While its message could be applied to different world powers, the …
God Will Answer at The Right Time
Habakkuk was puzzled as to why God would use an ungodly nation such as Babylon as the instrument of judgment on His own people Judah. He had boldly made his complaints and now he anxiously anticipated god’s answer (v. 1). God instructs Habakkuk to write down on tablets of …
The Coming of the Lord
Habakkuk chapter 3 reveals what happens when we stop complaining and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us through prayer. The truth is prayer always changes us, not God. Having had his eyes turned to God (Hab. 2:20), the prophet now responds with a prayer. It is the mountain top …
Persuading Others to Sin
Two more woes are pronounced on the Babylonians …
Arriving at Trust
Yesterday’s passage introduced the imagery of the Lord as a mightier warrior, an archer riding a chariot, with arrows that split the earth, (v. 9). Today’s passage continues that theme. Mountains wither before him, and the seas are his to command (v. 10). We are reminded of the flood of …
Wickedness And Violence Seem to Go Unchecked
Habakkuk may have felt much like the lady in this illustration did. He was frustrated as wickedness and violence seemed to go unchecked (v. 1). He went to God to complain about his troubles and the troubles of his people. He described the injustice that was rampant around him and then asked …