Habakkuk Review

As always, with Habakkuk as with any book of the Bible, we must look for what it says to us today as followers of Christ.  Though written to a particular group of people at a particular time, the truth revealed about God is everlasting.  The first thing we see is that Habakkuk was troubled by what he saw going on around him.  Not only were God's people subjected to the power of another nation, but many had adopted the worship practices of those they were subjected to.  We can never allow the fact that someone has power over us to cause us to turn away from God and worship anything of this world.  If we see this happening, then we should be burdened. Habakkuk asked how long it would be before God answered him when he cried out to Him.  There may be times today when we don't immediately get the answer that we want to our prayers that we wonder if God is listening.  We can be certain that God always listens and answers the prayers of His followers.  We only need to remain faithful to our relationship to Him and accept the answer when it comes.  Often we are wanting God's endorsement of our plans instead of our looking for His direction, and when this doesn't happen, we feel that God hasn't answered our prayers.  Habakkuk also declared God to be the One Who created and sustains the universe. There is nowhere we can go that God isn't there.  There is nothing we can offer God, except ourselves, that isn't already His.  God can indeed move heaven and earth to accomplish His will.  We can also be certain that sin will be punished, if not in this life, then in the everlasting life to come.  As followers of Christ, our sins have already been washed away by His blood shed on the cross.  Also, we need to be alert to see God's work, even in a world that seems ruled by evil.