Habakkukनमुना

The question presented in Habakkuk is: Is God going to let this cycle, the rise and fall of Babylon-like empires, go on forever? Chapter 3 is Habakkuk’s closing prayer in response to the conversations in the first 2 chapters.

“O Lord, I have heard of your renown, and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work. In our own time revive it; in our own time make it known; in wrath may you remember mercy.” (v. 2)

Habakkuk's response in his wrestling is turning to God in prayer. He pleads with God to bring justice to corrupt nations and pleads for a revival among His people, in His time!! It was in remembering the same work God had already done before with His people, that he was confident in what God could do again now.

Habakkuk understood that they were not deserving, nor was this something that could be done in their own strength. He asks God to do what he knows only He can do, the transforming work of His Spirit in the people. And he did his part by praying first and allowing God then to shape him and his next steps forward.

What would it look like for you to make prayer your first response, giving God control of what only He can do, and then taking responsibility for what God is calling us to do next?