For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end and will not prove false.
Though it lingers, wait for it;
it will certainly come and not delay.
it speaks of the end and will not prove false.
Though it lingers, wait for it;
it will certainly come and not delay.
I can't even describe how much I love that verse.
I remember going through some extremely dark & painful times in my life and holding on to Hab. 2:3 with all the strength I had. Every time I read it, it floods me with the hope that comes from remembering the promises He has made me. This scripture reminds me that all those good things He has planned for me and set upon my heart are coming. Even though I may complain because I see "nothing happening", it's coming.
So I read the verse this morning and then decided to turn to the book of Habakkuk and read that as well. On the first page, there is this wonderful devotional about Habakkuk & the lessons we can learn by studying how he prayed to God. He prayed "with a willingness to wait, with honesty, with perseverance and with readiness." Finally, (and I had long ago drawn a huge red star beside this one) he prayed "with confidence." It said:
I remember going through some extremely dark & painful times in my life and holding on to Hab. 2:3 with all the strength I had. Every time I read it, it floods me with the hope that comes from remembering the promises He has made me. This scripture reminds me that all those good things He has planned for me and set upon my heart are coming. Even though I may complain because I see "nothing happening", it's coming.
So I read the verse this morning and then decided to turn to the book of Habakkuk and read that as well. On the first page, there is this wonderful devotional about Habakkuk & the lessons we can learn by studying how he prayed to God. He prayed "with a willingness to wait, with honesty, with perseverance and with readiness." Finally, (and I had long ago drawn a huge red star beside this one) he prayed "with confidence." It said:
"When we can't see what God's doing, only faith believes that He's at work. Habakkuk believed. He didn't know how or when God would accomplish His promise ... but he didn't need to know."
Well, I finished reading and sat there in the silence, knowing that God and I were having a conversation at that very moment, knowing that He had something to tell me, something He desperately wanted me to know. 'Ok, God,' I thought. 'What is it?'
Instantly, it came to me. I need to be like Habakkuk.
I'm going through this time in my life in which my faith is weak, in which I feel incredibly weary and I'm wrestling with God, with all my doubts and questions, in which I can just sit and cry, frustrated, because it feels like all my prayers fall on deaf ears, and all I want is to know that He hears me.
Today I knew He has heard me. And today I heard Him.
I need to be like Habakkuk.
This morning, God said exactly what He wanted me to hear in the exact way that He wanted me to hear it.
I think the devotional I read says it best:
Instantly, it came to me. I need to be like Habakkuk.
I'm going through this time in my life in which my faith is weak, in which I feel incredibly weary and I'm wrestling with God, with all my doubts and questions, in which I can just sit and cry, frustrated, because it feels like all my prayers fall on deaf ears, and all I want is to know that He hears me.
Today I knew He has heard me. And today I heard Him.
I need to be like Habakkuk.
This morning, God said exactly what He wanted me to hear in the exact way that He wanted me to hear it.
I think the devotional I read says it best:
God's past acts of faithfulness in our lives motivate us to believe, even when there is no evidence of His present involvement ... Looking beyond what God once did, [Habakkuk] sees a God who is worthy to be trusted and believed -- even when He appears inactive.
"Lord, I believe; help me in my unbelief!"
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