- Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. Habakkuk 1:5 – Believe this to be true. Yes, this was written over 2000 years ago and was speaking of the sinfulness that was going unchecked in Judah. That God was working in ways that Habakkuk wouldn’t even believe if told. Yet while this wasn’t directed at our story, the message still is true today. God is working. He is moving in ways that if told to us would overwhelm us. He is not only working today for today, but what He is doing is prepping things for ages to come. So yes, if our eyes stay glued to the news or Facebook headlines, I can easily see why we could begin to think God has stopped acting and working. But as in the verse, look among the nations. Look at what God has been doing in the lives of the people around you. Just look and you’ll see over and over again that His hands are still creating and moving within our story. God hasn’t let up in His work within our lives. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1414
- You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he? Habakkuk 1:13 – Habakkuk is a conversation between the prophet and The Lord. The prophet sees the sinfulness of his people and brings it before the Lord. What confuses the prophet is that God’s plan to handle the sinfulness is to bring an even more sinful nation to take them over. Has God’s response to a issue in your story ever confused you? We ask why God, in His ability to do anything He wants, why He would move in such a way that seems to us to create even more of a problem. In this, just like the prophet is called to, we must trust the Lord. Moves God will make won’t always makes sense to us because we don’t see the picture God sees. When we find ourselves in a season like this, choose to trust the Lord. He really does know what He is doing and He’s navigated even more difficult things with His people before. Lean more into prayer to seek out clarity on why God is moving in the ways He is, but even when that clarity doesn’t come remain faithful the the path He’s called you to. God is good and He knows what He is doing. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2102
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