Habakkuk's Complaint | The Lord's Answer

Habakkuk's Complaint

How long, Lord, must I call for help,

but you do not listen?

Or cry out to you, "Violence!"

but you do not save?

Why do you make me look at injustice?

Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?

Destruction and violence are before me;

there is strife, and conflict abounds.

Therefore the law is paralyzed,

and justice never prevails.

The wicked hem in the righteous,

so that justice is preserved.

The Lord's answer

"Look at the nations and watch-

and be utterly amazed.

For I am going to do something in your days

that you would not believe,

even if you were told."

(Habakkuk 1:2-5)

I have many complaints. The list can go on and on, and though I sometimes think God must really be annoyed, He proves continually in His word that He is not. He listens to our complaints.

And He answers.

And when Habakkuk complained again, God answered Him again. 

And I just love that this book ends with His prayer to God. He lifts up His name. 

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; 

he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

he enables me to tread on the heights.

(Habakkuk 3:19)