So you’ve got some questions for God. Some legitimate, soul-searching questions about the evil, violence and injustice you see in the world around you. So you go to God, laying out your concerns to Him in prayer and waiting for Him to answer. And lo and behold He does! But the answer God gives you completely blows your mind away. You can’t help but question the wisdom of God. How in the world can God justify this action plan? So you just have to inquire of the Lord further on the matter.
And it sounds like this second complaint that the prophet Habakkuk brings,
O Lord my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—surely you do not plan to wipe us out? O Lord, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us, to punish us for our many sins. But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should you be silent while the wicked swallow up people more righteous than they?
Can you hear how incredulous this sounds to Habakkuk. How in the world can God be just and perfect in all His ways by allowing His people to be disciplined at the hands of a foreign nation that was more wicked than the Israelites? Was God going to allow them to get away with this forever and allow their enemies to succeed forever in their heartless conquest of our nations and peoples?
God certainly moves in unexpected circumstances and replies with very unexpected answers to our questions and further more, His explanations reveal very unexpected ways that He carries out His plans.
Come and hear (in person or online) God’s second answer to the prophet’s second question. Together we will discover the wisdom and ways of the omnipotent Lord of all creation. We will grasp insight into His wisdom and catch a glimpse of his glory that will cause us all to stand in silence, awe and wonder of the one who declares Himself to be THE GREAT I AM!
Every Blessing,
Pastor Barry Risto
Lead Pastor