Thoughts from Habakkuk

Habakkuk is an amazing view of the goodness of God in answering the questions of man; we are given a theo-centric view of history that lets us interpret all of the confusion of this life in a proper light.

"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." (2:14) - Human history does not unfold around the fact that men seek to glorify themselves and bring shame to others. Rather the goal and destiny of all this is that everyone would know the gloriousness of the Lord God, the Holy One.
For in all of this, the people on earth make for themselves gods of wood and stone and even of themselves (2:18-19; 1:11). "But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him" (2:20).
Therefore, when we look around and wonder at the world we see surrounding us, let us recall these words of the Lord: "I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told" (1:5b). Thus, in all of this, we are called to trust in the God who gives us life and breath and salvation.
"Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation" (3:17-18).
Is it well with your soul? Are you resting in the Lord and His goodness and His sovereignty? Our circumstances are not the casue of our unrest; they are a manifestation of the unbelief that resides still within us. But it is not about us: "God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places" (3:19).
Remember that the righteous will live by faith (2:4). Will you and I manifest our faith by living faithfully and following Him?


All Scripture taken from the ESV.