August 2
Habakkuk 1:1-3:19; Zephaniah 1:1-2:7
All of us probably have a series of questions that we cannot wait to ask God. They may be theological, Biblical, or life situations we find hard to reconcile with God's grace, mercy, and love. This is the situation in which Habakkuk found himself. He asks God a series of questions beginning with: how God could remain silent in the face of injustice. He wants to know how an all-loving, all-powerful, allknowing God, could allow evil to seem to prevail. You have probably asked God that same question. Then his second complaint is: how God could tolerate the treacherous. He knew God's character, but then found his circumstances confusing. God's response was only the end of history can make sense of the present. Habakkuk saw the temporary prospering of the evil nation of Assyria, but this was not the end of the story. God will judge, he will eradicate evil, and his perfect justice will prevail for eternity.
Habakkuk's response to God's revelation was praise and prayer. He did not allow confusion to prevail; instead he went to God's throne and proclaimed his greatness and glory. When we find our vision clouded and our reasoning confused, we also need to turn to God and remember who he is. God can handle all our questions and doubts, so let us run to him.
Father God, thank you that you are a perfect God who perfectly responds to every situation of my life. In the confusion help me to trust you and know, though today may be messy, there is a perfect eternity that awaits. Amen.
Do you find yourself taking your questions and confusion to God, or do you allow them to distance you from him?
All of us probably have a series of questions that we cannot wait to ask God. They may be theological, Biblical, or life situations we find hard to reconcile with God's grace, mercy, and love. This is the situation in which Habakkuk found himself. He asks God a series of questions beginning with: how God could remain silent in the face of injustice. He wants to know how an all-loving, all-powerful, allknowing God, could allow evil to seem to prevail. You have probably asked God that same question. Then his second complaint is: how God could tolerate the treacherous. He knew God's character, but then found his circumstances confusing. God's response was only the end of history can make sense of the present. Habakkuk saw the temporary prospering of the evil nation of Assyria, but this was not the end of the story. God will judge, he will eradicate evil, and his perfect justice will prevail for eternity.
Habakkuk's response to God's revelation was praise and prayer. He did not allow confusion to prevail; instead he went to God's throne and proclaimed his greatness and glory. When we find our vision clouded and our reasoning confused, we also need to turn to God and remember who he is. God can handle all our questions and doubts, so let us run to him.
Father God, thank you that you are a perfect God who perfectly responds to every situation of my life. In the confusion help me to trust you and know, though today may be messy, there is a perfect eternity that awaits. Amen.
Do you find yourself taking your questions and confusion to God, or do you allow them to distance you from him?
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