Faithful Preppers

How do we prepare for what lies ahead? Habakkuk prepared by looking back and remembering God’s mighty deeds of deliverance. As we wait in the “in-between” of the story of redemption, we should be prepared for God to reveal Himself and command all...

Tit-For-Tat

Because Babylon ruthlessly plundered the nations of the earth, God brings five woes upon them. Everything that Babylon did to others will come back upon them, and God will get the victory. But as we read God’s judgment, it is easy to see that we have committed...

The Tide is Turning

After Habakkuk waits upon God at his watchpost, God gives him a vision and tells him to write it down. God’s Word contrasts the puffed up, arrogant nation of Babylon and the righteous, who live by faith. God will punish Babylon by giving them over to their own...

Believing is Seeing

We know that God is holy, everlasting, and sovereign, but what do we do when we cannot reconcile who God is with what we see in the world around us? With Habakkuk, we learn to embrace the paradox and wait upon God even when we can’t understand what he is...

The Storm of Grace

God answers Habakkuk’s cry for justice, but not in the way Habakkuk expected. We learn that God often uses evil instruments for his good purposes, and does so by sending wicked Babylon to punish the people of Judah. He brings his people through the storm so that...