Today I read the book of
Habakkuk (it's a short, powerful book and you should try it!) and I must tell you it hit me between the eyes…here’s how it starts out in chapter 1,
verse 2-4 from the NLT:
How long, O Lord, must I
call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you
do not come to save. Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all
this misery? Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence. I am surrounded
by people who love to argue and fight. The law has become paralyzed, and there
is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that
justice has become perverted.
Sounds like it could have
been written for the first time yesterday doesn’t it! Goes to prove human
nature does not change…however the part that hit me between the eyes was verse
5: The Lord replied, “Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am
doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone
told you about it."
Now there’s our hope! God
is at work, even today, in ways that we cannot, or would not believe. Praise
His name for His work and for His faithfulness.
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