A New Perspective (3)
Series: Habakkuk
Robert Dawson
Habakkuk 3
I read a story about Dr. Howard Hendricks, who was a beloved professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, bible teacher and author. One day he was walking across campus and saw a young woman, one of his students, who seemed to be very troubled. Troubled by this, he walked up to her and asked, ''How are you doing?'' She responded, ''Well, I'm doing okay under the circumstances.'' The old professor looked at her and said, ''Under the circumstances? What are you doing under there? A Christian should never be under the circumstances.''
Dr. Hendricks's response, while blunt, difficult to hear and harder to live by, is accurate. As believers, our circumstances should never deter our faith, dampen our joy, or determine our outlook...but they do.
They did for Habakkuk. Habakkuk was struggling under the circumstances. He was distressed because of the sin and injustice he saw among his own people. He cried out to God over the sinfulness of his nation, but God did not immediately answer. God did not spring into action.
When God did respond, Habakkuk was overly enthusiastic about His response. Habakkuk was both confused and mortified by God's response. God told Habakkuk that he was aware of the people's sin. It had not escaped His notice. It was not going to be swept under the rug. He was going to punish them for their rebellion and idolatry by raising up the Babylonians, a wicked and cruel bunch, to be an instrument of judgment in His hands. These power-hungry people, who were gobbling up nations like a toddler gobbling up those little cheddar cheese goldfish, would gobble up and destroy Judah and Jerusalem.
Habakkuk is not satisfied with this. He is in shock that God would use an even more wicked nation to bring judgment on a less wicked nation. How could God, being holy and righteous do such a thing?
He was like Calvin in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin is swinging on a swing i ...
Series: Habakkuk
Robert Dawson
Habakkuk 3
I read a story about Dr. Howard Hendricks, who was a beloved professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, bible teacher and author. One day he was walking across campus and saw a young woman, one of his students, who seemed to be very troubled. Troubled by this, he walked up to her and asked, ''How are you doing?'' She responded, ''Well, I'm doing okay under the circumstances.'' The old professor looked at her and said, ''Under the circumstances? What are you doing under there? A Christian should never be under the circumstances.''
Dr. Hendricks's response, while blunt, difficult to hear and harder to live by, is accurate. As believers, our circumstances should never deter our faith, dampen our joy, or determine our outlook...but they do.
They did for Habakkuk. Habakkuk was struggling under the circumstances. He was distressed because of the sin and injustice he saw among his own people. He cried out to God over the sinfulness of his nation, but God did not immediately answer. God did not spring into action.
When God did respond, Habakkuk was overly enthusiastic about His response. Habakkuk was both confused and mortified by God's response. God told Habakkuk that he was aware of the people's sin. It had not escaped His notice. It was not going to be swept under the rug. He was going to punish them for their rebellion and idolatry by raising up the Babylonians, a wicked and cruel bunch, to be an instrument of judgment in His hands. These power-hungry people, who were gobbling up nations like a toddler gobbling up those little cheddar cheese goldfish, would gobble up and destroy Judah and Jerusalem.
Habakkuk is not satisfied with this. He is in shock that God would use an even more wicked nation to bring judgment on a less wicked nation. How could God, being holy and righteous do such a thing?
He was like Calvin in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin is swinging on a swing i ...
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