Wait for It...

 

Habakkuk 2:2 And the Lord answered me:
“Write the vision; make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
    it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Habakkuk was reeling. He had asked God to do something about the wickedness of his own people, only to find that God was going to use the more wicked Babylonians to punish them.  So he complained. Now, he hears from God again.  As the messenger, Habakkuk had to learn to wait upon the Lord. He also needed to beware our tendency to self-righteousness in judging others and thinking we know how, when, and why God should punish. He, like we, needed to learn to live by faith - to trust God's reason, timing, and method. Do we really believe God?