- What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols! Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2:18-20 – This passage speaks to the things an idol can’t do within our story. It can’t speak to us, can’t teach us the ways to go, or can’t breathe into our life like we need it to. All that and more is something God can and will do within our story. For even those of us who have been following Jesus faithfully for years we need to keep a constant check that it’s Jesus we’re following exclusively. Sometimes we can look for a voice or breath into our lives from something else. That could look like an old mindset we haven’t discarded fully or even a new one that is trying to be what guides our thoughts. Many other things could seek to take that role too, so be sure to wake each day and choose Jesus as the focal point of your worship. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1415
- For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3 – What God has said will take place we can be sure will take place. In Habakkuk it’s the coming judgement on the nation that is being used to give Israel their judgement. In your story, what is it that you’re still waiting for? God has promised comfort yet it seems to have missed its ride to your story. God has promised strength to deal with the troubles of this life yet that strength isn’t being felt. God has promised a way out but no doors seem to be opening. Trust in this wait time that it is just that, a wait time. A time where you are waiting for something sure to arrive. Whether it’s the judgement we see being spoken of in Habakkuk or your comfort you need in this season, if God has spoken that it will come, it will come. Our God never fails to keep His word to us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2103
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