Habakkuk 1:3

“And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it” (Habakkuk 2:2). Most organisations have a vision statement which outlines what the company aims t……

“I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint”(Habakkuk 2:1). Habakkuk had a few ……

The book of Habakkuk presents the thinking of a man who was responding to the impact of the international crisis on the people of Judah. The prophet openly challenged the concept of divine justice ……

This word means “one who is called.” Habakkuk was called by God to address the evil that was destroying Judean society after the death of Josiah and at the time the Babylonians were emerging as the new power in the ancient Near East. His name then would mean “Embrace.” Habakkuk’s message is introduced as “an oracle.” The Hebrew word massā’ has been translated in different ways by the English versions: “oracle” (NRSV), “pronouncement” (TNK), “burden” (KJV), “charge” (NJB), “prophecy” (NIV). For a work is being done in your days that you would not believe if you were told.” What is hard to believe is that God was about to deliver the people of Judah into the hands of the Babylonians, a wicked people who were more wicked than the people of Judah.…

We live because God does right out of his faithfulness to us. So, faithfulness to God leads us to do right as we live.…

In his initial dialogue with God, Habakkuk expressed his concerns to God. The prophet was disturbed by the violence and injustice in Judean society. His agony was intensified by what he perceived t……

When Habakkuk was confronted with violence and injustice in Judah, he prayed to God to act and stop the moral corruption that was affecting the lives of many people and destroying the nation. When ……

Habakkuk’s prayer (Habakkuk 3:1–19) comes after his dialogue with God in which the prophet expressed his concern about the evil and the violence occurring in Judah. His prayer reveals that Habakkuk……