[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (JAC) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
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"For behold, I am raising up
the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous people Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs."
Wow! God was raising up evil and wicked
people (Babylonians) to punish and kill His own people (Judah).
Habakkuk was totally upset by the
social injustice and ungodly lifestyle of his people. One would pray for
reformation or revival in such a situation, and so, Habakkuk asked God to do
something. Well, God sometimes brings revival in a society like Nineveh in the
times of Jonah, but now is a time of judgment for Judah.
Btw, that's the heresy of Charles
Finney that if we pray hard and work hard, revival will come. No! It's God who
brings revival in His time. Even prophets like Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and Isaiah
couldn't bring revival because God was set to purge His people. In fact, God
told some prophets to stop praying for the people.
May that be not our situation.
Instead of judgment, may it be a time of revival in our generation! God is
Awesome!
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"But the LORD is in His holy
temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him."
Habbakuk found it difficult to
accept what God said concerning Babylonians punishing Judah. Because they were
worse or equally bad as Judah. And God revealed to him that He will overthrow
the Babylonians too.
Thus, v20. God is not panicking. He
is in control of everything. Let everyone be still before Him!
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"LORD, I have heard the report
about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In
the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy."
Habakkuk was praying for revival.
He doesn't want to see his people taken into captivity by the Babylonians!
He was praying for mercy! Oh! How
we need to intercede for fellow Christians, and even for our society!