But God, Why? Day 12 Habakkuk’s response to all God has shared. Read Habakkuk chapter 3, focusing on verses 1-6. God is all-powerful. God is all-mighty. God is completely victorious. In this chapter, we see how Habakkuk responds to all that he has learned about God. He has questioned God, and God has responded. Habakkuk cannot stay the same. His encounter with God has impacted him and he must rejoice and praise God. God has shared with Habakkuk the extent of his holiness, and Habakkuk writes his praises of God. As Habakkuk reflects on what he has learned about God, he sees that God is never changing. He will remain…

But God, Why? Day 11 Don’t follow idols. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verses 18-20. God shares the final sin with Habakkuk that will punish. Idol worship. At that time, it was very common for people to take wood or metal and cover it with gold and talk to it like it was a living, breathing entity. God is instead saying, how silly are you to ascribe that level of consciousness to something that can’t hear you and can’t speak to you, and certainly can’tdo anytjing for you. God wants people to understand that he is the creator and he is the one to be worshiped, not the creation…

But God, Why? Day 10 God will judge the manipulation of others. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verses 15-17. As God is speaking to Habakkuk and telling what types of actions he is going to judge, we see this 4th “woe” is directed at those who are manipulators of others. These are the people that appear to be giving people what they want, but are doing it for selfish motives. These are the people who pretend to be friends, but who really only want to help themselves. This is such a great reminder that God not only sees our actions, he knows our motives as well. We cannot hide…

But God, Why? Day 9 Bloodshed and God’s glory. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verses 12-14. Today, as we look at the third woe that God mentions in his response back to Habakkuk, we see the woe of building towns on bloodshed. The people of Babylon were known for killing people and being brutal when they took over in multiple different cities and countries. This woe talks about building based on bloodshed and how that will come to nothing, because ultimately the entire world will demonstrate and display the glory of God. God can build all of his things, and he doesn’t use bloodshed to do it. The entire…

But God, Why? Day 8 Unjust gain. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verses 9-11. Don’t take what isn’t yours. Yesterday we saw the importance of God’s judgment against those people who have stolen and taken by extortion. Today, we are looking at the second “woe” of sin. We see those who have unjust gain. Maybe they didn’t steal it exactly, but they set the circumstances up in such a way that they were going to take something unjustly. It might not be as direct as stealing, but it’s still stealing. Taking things that they didn’t earn and don’t deserve was the hallmark of the Babylonian people. They captured countries…

But God, Why? Day 7 God answers and shares the 5 “woes” of sin. Read Habakkuk chapter 2 and focus on verses 6-8 for the first “woe.” Piled up wealth, gained by extortion. God is answering Habakkuk. Habakkuk wants to understand why evil people seem to persist. Why is it that people seem to continue doing evil and sinful things and God did not address it. Well, now we see that God is going to speak about this. He talks about the fact that the nations will come against these people and they will address multiple things. God lists 5 woes that will address the sins Habakkuk is seeing. The…

But God, Why? Day 6 I’ll tell you what will happen, but you’ll have to wait for it to come about. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verses 2-5. God answers habakkuk’s latest question, but God prefaces his answer by telling Habakkuk that this is going to come about, “but you’re going to have to wait for it.” Yesterday, we talked about the importance of waiting on God to answer. But once God does answer, sometimes we still have to wait on God to do what he said he’s going to do. We can trust God and rest assured that God will always do everything he has promised. However, the…

But God, Why? Day 5 Wait for God’s answer. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verse 1. As you read through all of Habakkuk chapter 2, we see that verse one is the only verse where Habakkuk is still speaking. Chapter one ended with Habakkuk’s second question to God, and chapter 2 verse 1 finalizes that before God responds in chapter 2. The interesting thing about this verse is how persistently Habakkuk is waiting for God’s answer. He has asked the question and he is going to stop and wait to ensure that he receives an answer from God. When we pray to God and ask questions, how committed are…

But God, Why? Day 3 Holy versus unholy. Read Habakkuk chapter 1, focusing on verses 12-13. Habakkuk is speaking again and this time he brings his complaint to God that God is holy, and all the people around are not. Habakkuk doesn’t understand why God in his holiness is allowing all of the people who are not holy to continue to stand. As we look around the world, we could make the same argument that Habakkuk is making. God is still holy and all the people around him are not. How does God continue to allow these things to stand? While these are questions that we will continue to ask,…

But God, why? Day 2 God does things that we can’t believe and wouldn’t understand. Read Habakkuk chapter 1, focusing on versus 5 through 11. Habakkuk had asked the question. He didn’t understand why God was allowing the evil things in the world to continue. He didn’t understand why wrongdoers seemed to be left unchecked and were flourishing and prospering. He asked the question and God answered him. The answer was probably not what anyone would have expected. You see, God explained that he himself was making the Babylonians successful. He himself was allowing them to increase and overpower other nations. God was using the Babylonians to bring about judgment…