Habakkuk 1:2;5 NASB  How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do not save.  “Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days—You would not believe if you were told.”

Today I knocked a glass off the kitchen counter and it shattered into a thousand pieces all in my kitchen, dining room and living room. Because I did such a good job breaking it, it took probably half an hour to sweep it all up, move furniture around and then vacuum to ensure I got every last bit. All during this time I had to put my son in his room, behind the safety of the baby gate, so he wouldn’t be harmed by any of the glass. And you know what? He cried the whole time, wanting to come out of his room! No explanation from me could make a one year old understand why he had to wait.

In Habakkuk chapter 1, the prophet is lamenting to God about the injustice in the world: he wants God to come to the aid of the innocent, and punish the wicked. But in verse five God tells Habakkuk that He is doing something about it, the only problem is that we can’t wrap our minds around God’s plan!

-Kevi

 

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