The LORD answers Habakkuk

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!
   So, yesterday Habakkuk complained about all the evil, the wrong doings, the  B A D  stuff going on around him.  Well today let us look at God's answer and see what we can divulge.
   Habakkuk 1: “Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed. We need to just observe God at work.
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.  We had better get ready for a rough ride.
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
    to seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9     they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners like sand.  The Babylonians were as wicked as the Assyrians, enjoyed taking captives, proud of their war tactics, and took pride and had trust in their military strength.
10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities; They would create earth ramps and over come the cities.
    by building earthen ramps they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
These people were ruthless, hit hard and fast and moved on.  However, notice their god in verse 11 - "guilty people, whose own strength is their god."  Strength was their god; not Jehovah, the one true God.  They plundered, took prisoners, riches and squashed the nations they over ran.
   So, what is going on here?  Habakkuk is complaining about the wrongs in the world and God is saying, hey, it is about to be worse.  Why would God allow this?  The people had turned away from God and were "doing their own thing"; yet God does have a long range plan for us and we may not understand, but just be willing to continue in the strength God gives us.
   Thanks for reading. Love you all. (tomorrow Habakkuk has a second complaint)
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny

Habakkuk's complaint

Good morning. Tis a beautiful day to be alive in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

  Today and tomorrow I am looking at Habakkuk's visit with God. Habakkuk is not happy with the way things are going and says so to the LORD.  Today, Habakkuk's complain, tomorrow will be God's answer.

  Habakkuk’s Complaint

1 The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.

2 How long, Lord, must I call for help,
    but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    but you do not save?
3 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.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,
    and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
    so that justice is perverted.

If you relate this to our present day situation, you will see he is calling out basically the same things we are calling out today.  Violence, injustice, wrongdoing, destruction, strife, conflict. Justice does not seem to happen, the secular world is now and has been making laws contrary to God's Word.

   And what do we do?  We tend to sit together and howl about it, yet take no action.  It is time, fellow Christian we stand up for Christian values, not cower to the political left, right, middle, but stand firmly on God's Word.

   Let us be bold and speak out.  Thanks for reading. Tomorrow, God's answer. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

1 John 1:5-7 Walk in the LIGHT of GOD!!

Good morning. God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO COMPLAIN!!

  When we walk, we do like to see where we are going.  Therefore, light is good; on the other hand, when we walk in darkness there is a strong chance we will stumble.  This is what our Christian walk is like.  When we walk in the light of Jesus Christ we may stumble occasionally when we take our eyes off him, but with HIS guiding light we can see.

   Satan desires us to walk in darkness and feeds us lies and fears.  Satan and his demons enjoy, maybe even love to see Christians sin in a BIG way.  This we do if we let fear or lies invade us - this is walking in darkness. 

1 John 1:5-7 English Standard Version (ESV)Walking in the Light

5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

   May your day be filled with Joy, Happiness because you WALK IN THE LIGHT OF JESUS!! Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny