The Waiting Room (2)
Series: Habakkuk
Robert Dawson
Habakkuk 2.1-20
''How long?'' That is a question that has been asked about 1,000 different things. How long till dinner? How long until we leave? How long till we get there? How long till the show starts? How long does the show last? How long before company arrives? How long before company leaves? How long will treatments last? How long will rehab be?
When we anticipate something, whether we are excited or anxious, the question of timing, its arrival and duration, is always on our minds.
Have you ever noticed that we spend much of our lives waiting? Waiting on something to come/begin r waiting on something end/leave. Sometimes, we find ourselves doing both simultaneously because for one thing to come another must leave. For something new to begin, something old must end. We are continually asking the question, ''How long?''
That is the question Habakkuk poses at the beginning of his very unusual prophecy. Unusual in that what Habakkuk records for us is more of an ongoing dialog with God, with a lot of back and forth, rather than a message aimed at a nation or group. It is a very honest and bold conversation on the part of the prophet.
Habakkuk's cry of frustration and anguish was triggered by the...
• Injustice he saw. The ineffectiveness of the law in dealing with these injustices.
• Violence that surrounded him. The different ways that people were harming each other. Abuse has many different faces.
Habakkuk's anguish was not only fueled by what he saw but by what he didn't see, the hand of God at work. He felt God was not listening to the cries of the oppressed, to his cries for justice. He was angered by what he perceived was as inaction and lack of concern on the part of God but to his credit the prophet takes these concerns (seems like a more spiritual word that complaints) about God to God and God graciously answers but the answer was not entirely to Habakkuk's liking.
• God affirms ...
Series: Habakkuk
Robert Dawson
Habakkuk 2.1-20
''How long?'' That is a question that has been asked about 1,000 different things. How long till dinner? How long until we leave? How long till we get there? How long till the show starts? How long does the show last? How long before company arrives? How long before company leaves? How long will treatments last? How long will rehab be?
When we anticipate something, whether we are excited or anxious, the question of timing, its arrival and duration, is always on our minds.
Have you ever noticed that we spend much of our lives waiting? Waiting on something to come/begin r waiting on something end/leave. Sometimes, we find ourselves doing both simultaneously because for one thing to come another must leave. For something new to begin, something old must end. We are continually asking the question, ''How long?''
That is the question Habakkuk poses at the beginning of his very unusual prophecy. Unusual in that what Habakkuk records for us is more of an ongoing dialog with God, with a lot of back and forth, rather than a message aimed at a nation or group. It is a very honest and bold conversation on the part of the prophet.
Habakkuk's cry of frustration and anguish was triggered by the...
• Injustice he saw. The ineffectiveness of the law in dealing with these injustices.
• Violence that surrounded him. The different ways that people were harming each other. Abuse has many different faces.
Habakkuk's anguish was not only fueled by what he saw but by what he didn't see, the hand of God at work. He felt God was not listening to the cries of the oppressed, to his cries for justice. He was angered by what he perceived was as inaction and lack of concern on the part of God but to his credit the prophet takes these concerns (seems like a more spiritual word that complaints) about God to God and God graciously answers but the answer was not entirely to Habakkuk's liking.
• God affirms ...
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