Wait for it
Do you get impatient with waiting? Does it seem as though God is not listening? This online Bible study will help you understand.
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“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay” (Habakkuk 2:3).
Habakkuk lived in a day when wrong seemed to be triumphing over right. Therefore he made his complaint before God:
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen” (Habakkuk 1:2)?
“Why do you make me look at injustice” (Habakkuk 1:3)?
“Why do you tolerate wrong” (Habakkuk 1:3)?
“Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves” (Habakkuk 1:13)?
Likewise, in our day, we see justice perverted and evil succeeding. Often it seems like God isn’t listening, that He doesn’t hear our prayers or bring judgment on wicked. The wicked do seem to prosper.
God’s response to Habakkuk was to wait. Though it seems the promised salvation is long in coming, it will come.
The Psalmist also calls us to wait. “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes” (Psalm 37:7).
God has assured us that He will reveal Himself; He will send salvation; He will rescue us.
Until that day arrives God tells us to live as He told Habakkuk to live: “But the righteous will live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4).
Holy God, I will wait for You and Your salvation, I will not despair though the wicked succeed. Help me to pray as Habakkuk prayed, “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior” (Habakkuk 3:17, 18).
Questions: How has God helped you to wait on Him? How does knowing that right will triumph in the end help you to cope with injustice in the present?
About the Author Suzanne Benner
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Thanks for this devotional. This passage has been coming up a lot for me these past two months. I am a missionary and our family has been beset by cancers, death and aging and we have,at times, been overwhelmed by it and whether we need to return home. This passage has reminded me to keep waiting on God’s timing and he will answer the question but for now stay the course and continue the work to which he has called us. Thank you.
Whoops, I meant 3-teens, I guess I counted my husband.-LOL My son just turned 16.
Thank you Suzanne, I love receiving the devotionals. I am a mom of 4-teens, and 1-8yr old. To answer the question. God has helped me to wait him with my children coming to him. Helping me to see that he is already working in their lives. I am constantly butting heads with my teens, especially with my son. He doesn’t have his dad in his life as much as he would like without having to live with him. And he doesn’t want to live with him. He is hurting, and takes that out on disrespecting me and other women of authority in his life. He’s not a bad kid, he just can make bad choices. Just recently have I really enforced and been consistent with his consequences, so that has really made some waves. I haven’t back down from the 2-weeks restriction I have recently gave him and he tries so hard to get me to but I am staying strong in the Lord. And I look to his promise for my children in (Jeremiah 29:11) For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. A friend of mine said that we should wash our hands of our children when they will not submit to us and give them over to the Lord but I think that is when they need you the most to help guide them. In God’s word it tells me in (Proverbs 22:6) Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Thank you God that you gave us pacifiers of your truth to sustain us in the spiritual battles we face with everday life. In Jesus Name, Amen.
What a beautiful reminder, Suzanne, of God’s faithfulness, even when it may appear that He is disengaged with our crumbling world! He is sovereign, the Most High God, and nothing happens apart from His divine consent! We can trust Him that, though our lives are filled with trouble and the future can seem ominous, He is our refuge, our strong tower, to Whom we can run and be safe! (Proverbs 18:10) Though evil persists, even proliferating in these endtimes, we know that God will exact payment for man’s rebellion, and those not covered by the blood of The Lamb will reap the penalties of their sin. Knowing that He is the Author of my life, that He ordains both the blessings and the trials, gives me the faith to believe Romans 8:28 when it says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” And so, when I am called to wait upon Him during a trial and/or difficult assignment, He gives me hope and contentment! Amen and amen!
Thanks Suzanne for the Great Devotional and I am sure there are a lot of Christians who think about this often. I remember really struggling with this when I lost my 15 1/2 yr. old daughter in a car accident as I am sure many many other Christians do whether it be a child, spouse, parent or friend. But like you always seem to hear and it was so true with Lee-Anna she so Loved the Lord, she used to write letters to Jesus to pray for people, she continually smiled and whenever she wrote a note she would always write at the bottom “Keep Smiling For Jesus” So My Question Was WHY Did God have to take her??? Why not some kid that was always causing trouble, being a nuisance to his parents and society ??? We have all seen it again and again it is always the good kids that die in the car accidents or whatever and why??? But the I came to realize that God was in Control, That was Lee-Anna’s time to go and I truly believe by her going to be with Jesus she has touched more lives than I could have ever imagined. God new before she was born the day she would die and that was her day, there are no accidents with God, He never say whoops that one wasn’t suppose to die today. No He and He Alone is in Total Control of Our Lives and if we can accept that when a untimely death does happen even though it won’t take the hurt and sorrow away, deep down it will one day give us some assemblance of peace. I believe that we have to apply that in every area of our life believing God is in Control. I believe that Nothing Good or Bad doesn’t happen to us that He first doesn’t allow, So like the old hymn goes we have to “Lean on Jesus” and know He is in Control of My Life! Hugs Linda !!!