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“Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction
and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.” – Habakkuk
1:3
Habakkuk is
my neighbor. He and I were walking around
the sub-division the other day and he shared this conversation with me. Of course I’m being facetious, but in reading
one of the most overlooked books in the bible one can quickly come to the
conclusion that the same questions that perplexed Habakkuk are on the minds of
millions of people today.
“God, where are you? Why aren’t you stepping into the corruptness of our society and delivering justice to those who inflict evil on the world?” Sound familiar? Has this thought ever crossed your mind in the middle of watching the evening news or reading the daily diatribe of injustice that is happening all over the world. One could easily take a position that God is absent, not interested or even worse non-existent. Why doesn’t He defend Himself against the unrighteous as in the days of old?
The Lord answers Habakkuk in chapter 2:3, “For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” God is sovereign and we are to trust in His timing, His plan and His reign over all creation. Nothing goes by without His knowing, and the evil that is in the world today will be brought to justice in due time. Those that seek His love, His grace and mercy will find it; and those who chose to pursue their own gods and their own righteousness will be dealt with on His watch. We are to trust in Him, and continue to do His work while we are able. Keep in mind what we are told in 2 Peter 3:9, “…Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” If God loves you enough to deliver you from the pit of hell, he loves your neighbor as much. Who is your neighbor? In God’s eyes you have 6.3 billion neighbors, so we better be busy about sharing His love.
“God, where are you? Why aren’t you stepping into the corruptness of our society and delivering justice to those who inflict evil on the world?” Sound familiar? Has this thought ever crossed your mind in the middle of watching the evening news or reading the daily diatribe of injustice that is happening all over the world. One could easily take a position that God is absent, not interested or even worse non-existent. Why doesn’t He defend Himself against the unrighteous as in the days of old?
The Lord answers Habakkuk in chapter 2:3, “For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” God is sovereign and we are to trust in His timing, His plan and His reign over all creation. Nothing goes by without His knowing, and the evil that is in the world today will be brought to justice in due time. Those that seek His love, His grace and mercy will find it; and those who chose to pursue their own gods and their own righteousness will be dealt with on His watch. We are to trust in Him, and continue to do His work while we are able. Keep in mind what we are told in 2 Peter 3:9, “…Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” If God loves you enough to deliver you from the pit of hell, he loves your neighbor as much. Who is your neighbor? In God’s eyes you have 6.3 billion neighbors, so we better be busy about sharing His love.
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