Starting September 1st...
Like Habakkuk, we need to start where he begins in his dialogue with God: How long...? Why...? (1:2-3). Like Habakkuk, we need to reach the place where we can quietly say, 'though ... yet I will rejoice in the Lord' (3:17-18). Habakkuk uncovers for us the process by which the journey of faith that takes us from questions to song can be achieved. Questioning God is acceptable, but refusing to trust him is our downfall, for whatever the circumstances, personal grief or national disaster, the just God, the sovereign Lord gives strength to the righteous person of faith.
This book is a conversation with the Lord centered around prayers from the prophet and responses from the Lord. These prayers are a model for our lives in communication with God. Habakkuk’s zeal and burning passion are made known for the reputation of the Lord, all the while his complaints and pleas are pointed towards the Lord not towards those doing injustice and wickedness.
In all things, Jesus is the solution to the chaos of injustice. Many of the same kinds of circumstances in Habakkuk’s day existed (or worsened) in Jesus’ time. The hypocrisy of religious leaders, the exploitation of innocence, etc. It means that much more then, just as the lord tells Habakkuk to be patient and to trust, Jesus says in Matthew 11, “Come to me if you are weary and I will give you rest.” A true rest, a shalom rest, peace and wholeness in the face of chaos and brokenness.
This book is a conversation with the Lord centered around prayers from the prophet and responses from the Lord. These prayers are a model for our lives in communication with God. Habakkuk’s zeal and burning passion are made known for the reputation of the Lord, all the while his complaints and pleas are pointed towards the Lord not towards those doing injustice and wickedness.
In all things, Jesus is the solution to the chaos of injustice. Many of the same kinds of circumstances in Habakkuk’s day existed (or worsened) in Jesus’ time. The hypocrisy of religious leaders, the exploitation of innocence, etc. It means that much more then, just as the lord tells Habakkuk to be patient and to trust, Jesus says in Matthew 11, “Come to me if you are weary and I will give you rest.” A true rest, a shalom rest, peace and wholeness in the face of chaos and brokenness.
Habakkuk 1:1-4
September 1, 2024: Andrew Belcher
Habakkuk 1:5
September 8, 2024: Andrew Belcher
Habakkuk 1:6-11
September 15, 2024: Andrew Belcher
Habakkuk 1:12-17
September 22, 2024: Andrew Belcher