Habakkuk

It took me about 11 minutes to read the discourse between God and his prophet Habakkuk.  When God first speaks to Habakkuk in chapter 1 he warns his much Job was warned.(Job 38:2-3)  God’s message to Habakkuk, and Judah, will be hard for them to believe.  God does the same thing with us today.  But what I find difficult to grasp is not God’s acts of discipline, but his acts of grace.  By grace a murderer gets off free before God even though she still faces her execution.  By grace a ruthless politician guilty of obstructing justice receives God’s full pardon and leads an international Christian ministry.  History is full of the stories of those who have rejected God for years are later allowed by that same God to call him Father.  Maybe that was the picture Habakkuk had in mind as he shares his prayer in 3:17-18.  Regardless of what life throws at us Habakkuk learned who was in charge of everything, and he would not fail to put all of his energy in praising God.  I need to learn to do the same.

Stuart