Habakkuk 1 - Do you feel injustice is invading America as it did Judah in 588 B.C.

 God IS GOOD all the time, all the time GOD IS GOOD!!!!  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED OR COMPLAIN!!!

  Well, good morning my Christian brothers and sisters!  A great day to worship the LORD!  In fact, EVERY DAY is a great day to worship the LORD!!!

  Without God where would you be? What would you be? OR, would you be?  Well, Habakkuk was an old testament prophet  The Jewish name Habakkuk means: 'He who embraces' and/or 'wrestler', as you will note later.

  Habakkuk lived in Judah during the reign of Jehoiakim. He prophesied during the Babylonian invasion of Judah in 588 B.C. and Babylon was becoming the dominant world power.  Habakkuk records his conversation with GOD during this time.  Let us look at the verses in Chapter 1 at this time.

  Verse 1 tells us who he is: The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.

 Now we come to verses 2 through 4 when Habakkuk is registering his complain to GOD!  You may relate some of this to the country and world we live in today.  Verse  2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

  You ever feel this way?  Crying out to the LORD and think GOD does not hear or care?  Habakkuk feels like God is not listening and he is frustrated. Let's go on:  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.

  God reveals things to Habakkuk in his dreams we call visions and Habakkuk is asking 'why do you show this all to me'?  It seems to Habakkuk that GOD is showing him these things to come and does not plan to do anything about it.  He sees all this violence and 'favoritism' aka 'being bought off' and all it does is cause stress.

   Again, he see wrong doers never corrected, doers of wickedness hem in the righteous in all ways causing frustration, and people who are given the responsibility to uphold the law are bought off and rule in favor of the wrong doers. Wow!

  4 Therefore the law is paralyzed and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous so that justice is perverted.

  Today injustice is still rampant, but don't let your concern cause you to doubt GOD or rebel against him.  Rather it is best to consider the message that God gave Habakkuk and recognize God's long-range plans and purposes.

   We must realize that GOD IS DOING RIGHT, EVEN WHEN YOU AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE WORKS THE WAY HE DOES!

  Tomorrow we will see God's reply to Habakkuk.  Remember, GOD IS IN CONTROL, keep the faith and walk the walk.  Bend not to the temptations but be ever watchful. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny