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Habakkuk 2 (1:12 forward)
I love how relatable Habakkuk’s response to God is! We have all been there.
“God, how can THAT be your plan?”
“God, why are you using them and letting ME be punished?”
This is that age old question that we all ask at some point, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
Habakkuk is wrestling with an issue that is definitely a part of all of our spiritual journey. This is an issue that we all must wrestle with and really work through if we are going to grow in our faith and trust in God.
And God’s response is classic... “...be patient”. Then God attacks the issues head-on that Habakkuk is talking about, I think just to assure him that He has heard them.
One of the hardest things about understanding God, at least for me, is remembering how much biggest His timeline is than mine. Patience for me is typically a few days, maybe a few weeks or a month. I have been patient for a few things in my life for a a year or two. Perhaps the most long-term element of time in my life that has a finite timeline was college, and that was 5 years for me.
God waited a few thousand years to bring Jesus to the earth to begin redeeming mankind. Who knows how long this phase we are in now will last, it had already been about 2000 years. Think about that...we are such small pieces of the puzzle. And yet, I think one thing God communicates through Habakkuk is that personal relationship with Him is certainly possible...so, as small as we are, as insignificant as we are, we are known by Him. That is amazing if I think about it!
This interchange really just reminds me that there is a difference between God hearing my prayers and God directly acting on them. I think there is plenty of evidence from various parts of scripture that clearly support the idea that God not only hears our prayers, but that God can and sometimes does answer our prayers directly. There are other times when God hears them and doesn’t seem to respond. And, there are seasons of life where we wonder if God hears them.
I an encouraged this morning that God hears them. I am encouraged that God sometimes does move because of prayer. But I am also reminded that there is a long game here...God is working on a timeline that I can’t grasp, with an amount of details and information that I can’t fathom, and I can live with the assurance that a “no” from God isn’t indicative of a lack of love for me.
It reminds me of my thought from yesterday, that continued prayer and reflection on God’s provision for my own life is the key, for me, to not becoming like Babylon.
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By Steve AndersonHabakkuk 2 (1:12 forward)
I love how relatable Habakkuk’s response to God is! We have all been there.
“God, how can THAT be your plan?”
“God, why are you using them and letting ME be punished?”
This is that age old question that we all ask at some point, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
Habakkuk is wrestling with an issue that is definitely a part of all of our spiritual journey. This is an issue that we all must wrestle with and really work through if we are going to grow in our faith and trust in God.
And God’s response is classic... “...be patient”. Then God attacks the issues head-on that Habakkuk is talking about, I think just to assure him that He has heard them.
One of the hardest things about understanding God, at least for me, is remembering how much biggest His timeline is than mine. Patience for me is typically a few days, maybe a few weeks or a month. I have been patient for a few things in my life for a a year or two. Perhaps the most long-term element of time in my life that has a finite timeline was college, and that was 5 years for me.
God waited a few thousand years to bring Jesus to the earth to begin redeeming mankind. Who knows how long this phase we are in now will last, it had already been about 2000 years. Think about that...we are such small pieces of the puzzle. And yet, I think one thing God communicates through Habakkuk is that personal relationship with Him is certainly possible...so, as small as we are, as insignificant as we are, we are known by Him. That is amazing if I think about it!
This interchange really just reminds me that there is a difference between God hearing my prayers and God directly acting on them. I think there is plenty of evidence from various parts of scripture that clearly support the idea that God not only hears our prayers, but that God can and sometimes does answer our prayers directly. There are other times when God hears them and doesn’t seem to respond. And, there are seasons of life where we wonder if God hears them.
I an encouraged this morning that God hears them. I am encouraged that God sometimes does move because of prayer. But I am also reminded that there is a long game here...God is working on a timeline that I can’t grasp, with an amount of details and information that I can’t fathom, and I can live with the assurance that a “no” from God isn’t indicative of a lack of love for me.
It reminds me of my thought from yesterday, that continued prayer and reflection on God’s provision for my own life is the key, for me, to not becoming like Babylon.