The class I’m in right now is called “Old Testament Prophetic Literature.” Yikes. When I read that on the list of courses I knew this one was going to be challenging. So far though, it’s been really interesting. How often do we study any of the Old Testament prophets? I don’t know about you, but that answer for me was never. A lot of the books have gloom and doom throughout, but God’s love for the people of Israel shines through it all.
Check it out:
Zephaniah 3:17
17 The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.
Habakkuk’s complaint in Habakkuk 1:2-4
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?
3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.
Here’s God’s answer: (Habakkuk 1:5)
5 ”Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.”
God’s answer is to Habakkuk is, “For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.” Lord, I pray that I would have the faith to believe that you are mighty to save. That you are working, even when I don’t think I see it. That your work in my life would cause me to be amazed.
