Habakkuk 3:16b-19 Stock markets in turmoil; sporting events cancelled; businesses struggling; basics running out on supermarket shelves – Habakkuk faced circumstances not dissimilar to our own. And at the end of his little book he shows us how to respond as the people of faith.
Habakkuk 3:1-16a Samuel Beckett’s play ‘Waiting for Godot’ is about two tramps, in despair, waiting for someone to show up, who never does. Believers can sometimes feel like that – waiting for God to show up in a world of evil and suffering. Habakkuk felt that way. But he ends his book assured that God will come, and finding joy and strength in God as he waits.
Habakkuk 2:6-20 “Coronavirus: rapid spread raises fears of global pandemic” declares the BBC headline today. Where is God in all this? Does he care? Why does he not intervene? And…
Habakkuk 1:12-2:5 Does God care about evil and suffering in the world? And if he does, why doesn’t he do something about it? These were questions that puzzled Habakkuk, and still puzzle Christians today. Thankfully God gave the prophet some answers.
Habakkuk 1:1-11 Does God care about evil and suffering? And if he does why doesn’t he do something about it? These were questions that puzzled Habakkuk, and still puzzle Christians…
Habakkuk 3:1-19 Samuel Beckett’s play ‘Waiting for Godot’ is about two tramps, in despair, waiting for someone to show up, who never does. Believers can sometimes feel like that – waiting for God to show up in a world of evil and suffering. Habakkuk felt that way. But he ends his book assured that God will come, and finding joy and strength in God as he waits.
Habakkuk 1:12-2:20 Why do the wicked prosper? Why does God allow it? Why doesn’t he do something about it? We struggle with the same questions Habakkuk did. The vision God gave him in response is what we need to keep going in obedient faith.
Habakkuk 1:1-11 Does God care about evil and suffering? And if he does why doesn’t he do something about it? These were questions that puzzled Habakkuk, and still puzzle Christians today. Thankfully God gave the prophet some answers. But are we ready to hear them?
