Wednesday

Psalm 20

Habakkuk 3:2-15

Luke 18:31-34

You know, to be honest, I never even heard of Habakkuk until a few years ago. Or maybe I did, but I didn’t remember. Yes, I grew up going to church, and my father was a pastor; but somehow Habakkuk escaped my notice. I remember him now, because a few years ago, Pastor Vern Squire was preaching at Christ the Good Shepherd. On Habakkuk. Yes, I actually looked him up in the Bible because it honestly didn’t sound like a book in the Bible. Of course, I’m embarrassed about that now.

Anyway, this 3rd chapter in Habakkuk is the Prophet’s Prayer. It follows the first 1st chapter where Habakkuk is full of despair at the evil all around him and wonders why God is letting His people suffer, then the 2nd chapter where God answers Habakkuk. Now, in the 3rd chapter, Habakkuk accepts God’s answer and realizes that God is control. This prayer is full of his praise for God as Habakkuk grows in his faith. “O Lord, I have heard of your renown, and I stand in awe….” He must have been pretty impressed, because the language of the prayer is full of strong images of fury and trampling and victory. God is a strong, victorious warrior here.