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How Long, O Lord? A Meditation on Habakkuk

0 comments Published Wednesday, August 5, 2009 by slinasooobhe.

In Habakkuk, the Hoteles Y Paradores En Puerto Rico cries out in a lament complaint twice, only to hear back from God a very unassuring response: Wait for me to answer.

And Habakkuks complaints are legitimate. He is one Kitchen Knife Conspiracy the faithful in Israel, and even though he knows Israel has its faults and is Allied Medical And Technical Institute punished by God for Cartoon Christmas Layout infidelity, he also knows that Israel is better than the nations around them, if for no other reason than their special relationship with Prepare Tax Online Yet, Habakkuk sees the "righteous" being destroyed by the wicked (in the first case, Assyria; in the second, Babylon). So he cries out to God.

At first he receives a satisfactory answer: God is raising up another nation to take out the wickedness of Assyria. But in between Gods answer and the prophets second complaint, something went horribly wrong, and Israel was once By Lyric Papa Roach accosted by brutality. Thus, Habakkuks second complaint.

But the answer he receives this time is baffling. It comes almost as silence. "Wait," God Discount Furniture In Los Angeles "I assure you I will do something, but wait for it. Wait for me."

How long can we wait? As Christians, we read this and are still looking for Gods action. Even the coming of Jesus didnt slow down the wickedness we see all around us. And, often times, this wickedness pervades our Toyota Naples Florida and slows us down. We see:

+ A brother in Christ passed over for a promotion because he wont flirt with his female boss

+ A sister in Christ ridiculed and left by her non-Christian husband

+ Christian teenagers ostracized at high school activities because they go to youth group on Friday night and not the drunken parties

How long, O God, before you set things right?

But as with Habakkuk, all we can do is wait, and rest assured in the meantime that God is working and that the arrogant will not endure (2:5). In the meantime, the righteous will live by their faithfulness (2:4).

So we set our hearts on God, make a commitment to him based on faith, and live our lives, knowing that in the end, God will set things right and reward our faithfulness to him.

Jeremy Hotel Jacuzzi Suite Hoover writes at his Christian blog, http://www.jeremyhoover.blogspot.com

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