Thursday, May 11, 2023

Faithful God when His Answer is Confusing (5/11/23)

When Habakkuk asked God about the injustice in Judah, God answered by stating He would use Babylon to address Judah’s injustice and wickedness! 

Habakkuk 1:6-11    I am raising up the Babylonians,
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
    to seize dwellings not their own.
They are a feared and dreaded people;
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners like sand.
10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”

God knew Habakkuk would be confused, so He up front acknowledge all the wickedness of the Babylonians. They were ruthless, arrogant, violent, haughty, and prideful! It would be like God saying He is going to use totally evil terrorists to judge the wickedness in our country. Yet, that was His plan.

Habakkuk pleaded with God to address the violence and injustice (as we saw a couple weeks ago). God graciously answered him with specific details. He would be faithful to avenge injustice, but it wasn’t going to be the way Habakkuk would expect.

Have you ever been confused by God’s answer? Like Habakkuk, we are finite and can’t see the big picture. We can trust God and His plans and His timing. We can be thankful for His personal responses, even if it doesn’t make sense to us. He is Faithful!

Alice