Michele on Habakkuk
Habakkuk asks God questions. He invites him into his frustration, and opens himself to God’s answer. He doesn’t ask with a cynical attitude, but with humility. He genuinely wants to know God’s answer, and is honestly crying out for it.
God doesn’t reject Habakkuk. God shows that he wants Habakkuk to know him, and thus chooses to answer his questions. God isn’t intimidated or annoyed by his questions, but wants Habakkuk to know the truth, and answers his questions.
This showed me again something I have been thinking about lately. That is, inviting God more into my daily life. I want to be able to honestly share my feelings with God. Not just surfacy ones, but my feelings of pain, frustration, and my hard questions. I want to come to God with these, knowing that he wants to reveal things to me. I want to come with humility like Habakkuk, open and willing.
Habakkuk possibly still doesn’t understand God’s answer once it is given. He chooses to remember God’s character. He recites it to himself, reminding himself that though he may not understand all of God’s ways, he can still trust in His character.
This is so cool! We have a faithful God, that we can come to and ask questions, and not be rejected. He wants us to know more about him. Though we may not understand everything he does, we can trust him. He is good, faithful, and a secure foundation. He is God, we are not. He does know best, and he does want the best for us. Though we may not understand why he does everything the way he does it, we can trust in Him, that he does know best. We can rejoice that he is a good God! Habakkuk ends by saying, no matter what happens, though the earth falls apart and things go wrong, he will rejoice in God, his strength and salvation. When everything goes wrong, we can rejoice, because we have God. (Habakkuk 3:17-18)
Comment by philbailey
May 4, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
hi there