Photo credit: Unsplash/Malvestida-MagazineĪlyssa Roat studied writing, theology, and the Bible at Taylor University. We can trust that His plans are good beyond our imagination. Though Habakkuk couldn’t have understood everything God said or all of His plans, knowing even a fraction of God’s ways brought to worship. A book that begins with Habakkuk’s search for justice ends with praise and awe. Habakkuk breaks out into a prayerful song in Habakkuk 3, praising the Lord.
He had faith that God did in fact have a reason.įinally, we see the response that the Lord brings when His plans are revealed. Instead of simply yelling at God, he asked questions and then waited for answers. Habakkuk waited for the Lord’s reply, alert for the answer God would provide. Even though Habakkuk is confused and distraught, he says, “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint” ( Habakkuk 2:1). The Lord will not suffer injustice forever.įrom Habakkuk, we also learn a notable lesson in Habakkuk 2:1. “Watch-and be utterly amazed,” God says in Habakkuk 1:5. God’s plan may be far beyond what we imagine.
Here, we read that God has a plan, even when we can’t see it. Though we may not hear a prophecy from the Lord in the same way Habakkuk did, we can take comfort from this book. When it seems that the wicked prosper while the righteous are oppressed when it seems that we are surrounded by destruction and violence and “justice never prevails” ( Habakkuk 1:4), we may cry out to God, wondering why He does not answer. Many of us may resonate with Habakkuk’s distraught cries for answers. The whole of Habakkuk 3 records Habakkuk’s song, with instructions for playing. In response to this, Habakkuk pens a prayer in the form of a song praising the Lord. In Habakkuk 2, God rattles off woes for the evil Babylonians, while declaring, “But the righteous person will live by his faithfulness” ( Habakkuk 2:4). The Lord responds by assuring Habakkuk that Babylon will also face punishment for their actions. Even though he had been complaining about Judah, Judah was significantly better than the Babylonians in Habakkuk’s eyes. Habakkuk questions how God could use wicked Babylonia to punish Judah.
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