Habakkuk and the Holy Spirit Speaks

This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision. ... 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. ... O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal--surely you do not plan to wipe us out? O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us, to punish us for our many sins. But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should you be silent while the wicked swallow up people more righteous than they? Are we only fish to be caught and killed? Are we only sea creatures that have no leader? Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate? Habakkuk 1:1, 3, 12-15 NLT

Habakkuk had a couple of problems—good questions that you may have asked too…when you consider the Israel’s history. One was “Why does God allow wicked practice to continue in Judah?” and the second was, “Why will God use wicked people to punish Judah?” Both were good questions…and God, as the Holy Spirit, spoke in a vision to Habakkuk to answer him. Then the LORD answered me and said, "Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.” Habakkuk 2:2-3.

After he receives the answers to his questions, Habakkuk writes a beautiful tribute to God because of his faith—and trust in God, no matter what happens.

Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce no food, though the flock should be cut off from the fold and there be no cattle in the stalls, yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. The Lord GOD is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds' feet, and makes me walk on my high places. Habakkuk 3:17-19

Do you have that faith like Habakkuk? Are you willing to praise and exult the Lord no matter what happens? Do you feel that it is God who gives you strength? 

Prayer ~ Holy Spirit, continue to guide and direct me even when things get tough—when there is no fruit on the vine, no cattle in the barn and the cupboards seem empty. I praise You God—my Lord and Savior for You are my shield and my strength.

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