Praise the Lord! The Lord has been faithful [good] to us during the past week as He had been faithful to us all the days of our life up until now. When we say God has been faithful [or good] to us, it means, the Lord has been caring towards us by meeting all our needs [physical/material and spiritual], these include God’s protection and provision in order to preserve our life on earth as well as to qualify us for eternity. I do believe that we all can testify that the Lord has been providing for all our needs in life like food, clothing, place of rest, and other needed things according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 4:19). When we read the Scripture, we can understand that God proved His faithfulness to His saints, especially to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the Israelites and other saints in the Scripture and fulfilled almost everything that He promised to them. In the similar way, the Lord promised you and I that He will care for us, and He has been taking care of us very well so far. The book of proverbs states that The Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones (Proverbs 2:6-8). Psalm 121 is one of the exceptional examples to describe the Lord’s faithfulness upon all those who follow His righteous laws and decrees and commands faithfully:

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you—the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life;

8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

We are so fortunate that the Lord remains faithful to us despite all our unfaithfulness towards Him. Apostle Paul stated: If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself (2 Timothy 2:13; also refer to Numbers 23:19; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; Hebrews 10:23). If He was not a compassionate and loving God who remains faithful forever, He would have thrown us out of His presence the moment we sinned against Him. Like some of God’s people who rebelled against the Lord and disobeyed His righteous laws and decrees and commands during the Old Testament time despite His faithfulness toward them (Jude 1:5-8), we too have failed God repeatedly by repeating the same mistakes our predecessors did. Just think, how many times we have failed our Lord and Savior through our word, deed, and bad behaviors; yet, He remained faithful to each one of us. Therefore, let us praise and worship the Lord God Almighty who remains faithful forever, and be grateful and thankful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and continue to abide in the power of the Holy Spirit for the rest of our life. Also, let us love one another and care for each other; so that we will be able to prove ourselves faithful before God and useful in the ministry the Lord God entrusted to us to fulfill in this world!

The Lord has blessed us with an inspiring and reassuring Scripture passage for our SftW meditation this week, which is taken from Habakkuk 2:3. Before we proceed with our meditation, let us keep this in mind that before the fall of man, God used to speak to human beings directly like a person talks to another person (Genesis 1:26-30; 2:15-17; 3:8-13); but after the fall, God spoke to the people through His angels or certain chosen people like prophets and seers (Numbers 12:6; Hebrews 1:14).  There were a few exceptions when a few times God spoke directly with people like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and a handful of other people. In these days God speaks to His people through His Son Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit or through some chosen persons (Genesis 32:1-2; Daniel 6:22; Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:11-13; 2 Timothy 4:17; Acts 23:27; Hebrews 1:1-3, 14). Yet, despite all these means, believe that God can use any mean, including nature or an incident, to talk to a person in our days (Habakkuk 3:11; also refs to Psalm 19:1-6; Joel 2:28-29). Now, let us focus on the ministry of prophets in Israel, especially the ministry of prophet Habakkuk in the context of our meditation. The ministry of most prophets in Israel was to (i) communicate the message God gives to them to give His people [including the kings/rulers as well as the common person] (Numbers 12:6; Deuteronomy 34:10; Amos 3:7; Hebrews 1:1); (ii) instruct and lead the people in God’s way (1 Samuel 16:4-5; 1 Kings 22:8, 14; Amos 3:7; 1 Corinthians 12:28); (iii) rebuke and correct people when they commit wrong (2 Samuel 12:1-14; 1 Kings 21:17-24; 26:12-15); (iv) pray and intercede for people who need God’s help, guidance, and leading in their lives (Genesis 18:22-23; 20:7, 17; 1 Samuel 7:7-12; 12:19; 1 Kings 13:6; Amos 7:1-2; Joel 1:17-20); and so on.

However, when we read the book of Habakkuk, we can understand that unlike most of the other prophets of God in Israel, prophet Habakkuk did not do any of those things explicitly, rather, he was mostly speaking to God directly and impatiently complaining/questioning God regarding God’s plan of bringing a more wicked nation to attack the unfaithful [sinful] nation of Judah as a part of God’s judgement upon Judah (i) for forsaking the God of their fathers – the God who made the heavens and the earthen everything in them (Genesis 1:1-2:3; Exodus 19:5-6; Leviticus 20:26; Deuteronomy 7:6; 1 Peter 2:9); (ii) for not abiding with the righteous laws, decrees, and commands He gave them as the standard of a righteous nation/people (2 Kings 17:18-20; 18:12; 23:27; Psalm 19:7-11; Jeremiah 3:8-10; 7:24-26); (iii) for making idols and practicing idolatry (Habakkuk 2:18-19; also refer to 2 Kings 17:15; Psalm 115:4-8; Isaiah 2:20; Hosea 8:4-6); (iv) for burning incense before the images of the so-called false gods and goddesses of the nation the Lord God drove out from the land the Lord God gave to His people Israel as an inheritance (2 Kings 17:10-20). It is not only prophet Habakkuk who had concerns for his people, but others like Moses (Exodus 32:11-12; Numbers 14:13-19; Deuteronomy 9:18-20, 25-29; Psalm 106:23); Phinehas (Psalm 106:29-30); Jeremiah (7:16; 11:14; 14:11-12; 15:1; 18:20; James 5:17-18); Ezekiel (9:8-11; 11:13-16; 22:30) also had similar concern regarding God’s judgement and the kind of punishment God was planning to inflict upon His people Israel.

Prophet Habakkuk had concern for his people [though they were sinful of forsaking the God of their fathers and worshipping Asherah, Molech, Baal, and so on, and practicing idolatry, widespread injustice, breaking their covenant relationship with their Lord and Savior God] and worried about the kind of punishment God was planning to execute upon them and the kind of people God is bringing against the people of Jerusalem and Judah; for God is raising up the most wicked nation on earth – the Babylonians, against His people. He was worried because his people will be wiped out of their inheritance and the enemies will ravage their land with wickedness and other abominations. Such is the panic of Habakkuk, and he expressed it through his fearless talk with God – the God of Israel. Let us focus on Habakkuk’s questions/complaints to God and God’s response to him. When we read Habakkuk 1:2-4, we can see there the prophet Habakkuk’s first set of questions and complaints to the God of his fathers – the all-Knowing (Omniscient), all-Powerful, [Almighty/Sovereign] (Omnipotent), Present everywhere at the same time (Omnipresent), and all-Loving and compassionate God – the Lord God Almighty, a God who establishes and maintains righteousness and justice in the universe:

• • Lord, how long I ought to call you for help (1:2a)
  • Lord, why are you not listening/answering my prayers (1:2b)
  • Lord, I cry out to you for help because of the violence all around me (1:2c)
  • Lord, why are you not trying to save me/us from the hands of the wicked (1:2d)
  • Lord, why do you make me look at injustice (1:3a)
  • Lord, why do you tolerate wrongdoing (1:3b)
  • Lord, destruction and violence are before me (1:3c)
  • Lord, there is strife, and conflict abounds in the nation (1:3d)
  • Lord, the law is paralyzed because wrongdoing increases (1:4a)
  • Lord, the law is paralyzed because violence increases (1:4b)
  • Lord, the law is paralyzed because of the destruction all around (1:4c)
  • Lord, the law is paralyzed because strife increases (1:4d)
  • Lord, justice never prevails because of the increase of evil all around (1:4e)
  • Lord, the wicked hem in (surround) the righteous (1:4f)
  • Lord, justice is perverted because of the wicked in the nation (1:4g)

Let us read and analyze about God’s response regarding prophet Habakkuk’s questions and complaints to Him and His view on the Babylonian people whom the Lord God was raising up to inflict punishment upon His people Judah (1:6) and how the Babylonians treat other nations and its inhabitants (Habakkuk 1:5-11):

• • God is letting prophet Habakkuk know that He is planning to bring something disastrous upon His people of Jerusalem and Judah in order to punish them for their wickedness and rebelliousness against Him (1:5)
  • The Lord is raising up the Babylonians against His people Judah (1:6a)
  • The Lord is letting prophet Habakkuk know what kind of people are these Babylonians (1:6b-11)
  • The Babylonians are a ruthless people (1:6b)
  • The Babylonians are an impetuous people (1:6c)
  • The Babylonians sweep across the whole earth (1:6d)
  • The Babylonians seize the dwellings that are not their own (1:6e)
  • The Babylonians are a feared people (1:7a)
  • The Babylonians are a dreaded people (1:7b)
  • The Babylonians are a law to themselves (1:7c)
  • The Babylonians promote their own honor (1:7d)
  • The horses of the babylonians are swifter than leopards (1:8a)
  • The horses of the babylonians are fiercer than wolves at dusk (1:8b)
  • The Babylonians’ cavalry gallops headlong (1:8c)
  • The Babylonians’ horsemen come from afar (1:8d)
  • The Babylonians fly like an eagle swooping to devour (1:8e)
  • The Babylonians come intent on violence (1:9a)
  • The Babylonians’ hordes advance like a desert wind (1:9b)
  • The Babylonians gather prisoners like sand (1:9c)
  • The Babylonians mock other kings (1:10a)
  • The Babylonians scoff at other rulers (1:10b)
  • The Babylonians laugh at all fortified cities (1:10c)
  • The Babylonians build earthen ramps to capture the enemy cities (1:9d)
  • The babylonians sweep past like the wind and go on (1:11a)
  • The Babylonians are a guilty people, whose own strength is their god (1:11b)

After the first set of Habakkuk’s questions and complaints to God and God’s response to him, prophet Habakkuk had a second set of questions and complaints to the God of his fathers, which is as follows:

• • Lord, You are God from everlasting to everlasting (1:12a [also, Psalm 90:2; 93:2; 103:17])
  • Lord, my God the Holy One, you will never die (1:12b)
  • Lord, You have appointed the Babylonians to execute judgment upon your people Judah (1:12c)
  • Lord, my Rock, You have ordained the Babylonians to punish your people Judah (1:12d)
  • Lord, Your eyes are too pure to look on evil (1:13a)
  • Lord, You cannot tolerate wrongdoing (1:13b)
  • Lord, why then do you tolerate the treacherous Babylonians (1:13c)
  • Lord, why are you silent while the wicked [the Babylonians] swallow up those more righteous than themselves [the people of Judah] (1:13d)
  • Lord, You have made people like the fish in the sea (1:14a)
  • Lord, You have made people like the sea creatures that have no ruler (1:14b)
  • Lord, the wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks (1:15a)
  • Lord, wicked foe catches the people in his net (1:15b)
  • Lord, the wicked foe gathers the people up in his dragnet (1:15c)
  • Lord, the wicked rejoices and is glad upon his great catch (1:15d)
  • Lord, the wicked sacrifices to his net because the net had a great catch (1:16a)
  • Lord, the wicked burns incense to his dragnet (1:16b)
  • Lord, the wicked lives in luxury because of his net (1:16c)
  • Lord, the wicked enjoys the choicest food because of his net (1:16d)
  • Lord, are You allowing the wicked to keep on emptying his net (1:17a)
  • Lord, are allowing the wicked continue to destroy nations without mercy (1:17b)
  • Lord, I [Habakkuk] will stand at my watch (2:1a)
  • Lord, I [Habakkuk] will station myself on the ramparts (2:1b)
  • Lord, I [Habakkuk] will look to see what he will say to me (2:1c)
  • Lord, what answer I am [Habakkuk] to give to this complaint (2:1d)

God, being Righteous and Just, had a clear plan and purpose about what He is doing or planning to do to the nation of Judah and in the world. God is making it clear to prophet Habakkuk as He responds to Habakkuk’s second set of questions and complaints (2:2-20)

• • God responded to prophet Habakkuk’s second set of questions and complaints (2:2a)
  • God commanded prophet Habakkuk to write down the revelation (2:2b)
  • God commanded Habakkuk to write it down on tablets (2:2c)
  • God commanded Habakkuk to write it down clear and readable so that people can read it as a herald run with it (2:2d)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know that the revelation awaits an appointed time (2:3a)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know the revelation speaks of the end (2:3b)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know that the revelation will not prove false (2:3c)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know that the revelation linger, wait for it (2:3d)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know that the revelation will certainly come (2:3e)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know that the revelation will not delay (2:3f)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the wicked (enemy) is puffed up (2:4a)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the desires of the wicked are not upright (2:4b)
  • The Lord let the prophet Habakkuk know that the righteous person will live by his faithfulness (2:4c)
  • The Lord says to prophet Habakkuk that the wine betrays the wicked (2:5a)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the wicked is arrogant and never at rest (2:5b)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the wicked is as greedy as the grave (2:5c)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the wicked is greedy like death is never satisfied (2:5d)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the wicked gathers to himself all the nations (2:5e)
  • The Lord let prophet Habakkuk know that the wicked takes captive of all the peoples (2:5f)
  • The Lord says that on the day of the Lord all the people will taunt the wicked with ridicule and scorn (2:6a)
  • The Lord says that on the day of the Lord all the people will taunt the wicked and tell him woe to you who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion (2:6b)
  • The Lord will not let the wicked to go on with their wickedness (2:6c)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that their creditors will suddenly arise against them (2:7a)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that their creditors will suddenly wake up and make them tremble (2:7b)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that they themselves will become their creditors’ prey (2:7c)
  • The Lord knows that the wicked have plundered many nations (2:8a)
  • The Lord says to the wicked in advance that the peoples who are left will plunder them (2:8b)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that they have shed human blood (2:8c)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that they have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them (2:8d)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain (2:9a)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who [by unjust gain] set up his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin (2:9b)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that they have plotted the ruin of many peoples (2:10a)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that they have plotted the ruin of themselves, shaming their own house and forfeiting their life (2:10b)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that the stones of the wall will cry out of their wickedness (2:11a)
  • The Lord warns the wicked that the beams of the woodwork will echo their wickedness (2:11b)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed (2:12a)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who establishes a town by injustice (2:12b)
  • The Lord Almighty determined to destroy the wicked of the land (2:13a)
  • The Lord Almighty warns that people’s labor [to build a wicked nation/house with unjust gain] is only fuel for the fire (2:13b)
  • The Lord Almighty warns that the wicked nations exhaust themselves for nothing (2:13c)
  • The Lord assures that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea on the day of the Lord despite all the chaos that is going on in the world (2:14)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors (2:15a)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk (2:15b)
  • The Lord’s warning to the wicked: You will be filled with shame instead of glory (2:16a)
  • The Lord’s warning to the wicked: Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed (2:16b)
  • The Lord’s warning against the wicked: The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you (2:16c)
  • The Lord’s warning against the wicked: Disgrace will cover your glory because of your wicked deeds (2:16d)
  • The Lord’s warning to the wicked in the land: The violence you have done to others will overwhelm you (2:17a)
  • The Lord’s warning to the wicked in the land: Your destruction of animals will terrify you (2:17b)
  • The Lord’s warning to the wicked in the land: The Lord will judge you because you have shed human blood (2:17c)
  • The Lord’s warning to the wicked in the land: The Lord will judge you because you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them (2:17d)
  • The Lord warns that there is no value of an idol carved by a craftsman (2:18a)
  • The Lord warns that there is no value of an image that teaches lies (2:18b)
  • The Lord warns that those who make the idol/image trusts in his own creation (2:18c)
  • The Lord warns that there is no value of trusting the idols that cannot speak (2:18d)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life’ (2:19a)
  • The Lord’s warning: Woe to him who says to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up’ (2:19b)
  • The Lord’s warning: Can an idol/image give guidance? (2:19c)
  • The Lord’s warning: An idol/image is covered with gold and silver and there is no breath in it (2:19d)
  • The Lord is in his holy temple, therefore, let all the earth be silent before him (2:20)

As God patiently listened to prophet Habakkuk’s questions and complaints (1:2-4; 1:12-2:1; 3:8) and when God responded to all his questions and complaints with clearcut answers (1:5-11; 2:2-20), prophet Habakkuk was able to have a deeper understanding about what God is about to do or planning to do in the world. Prophet Habakkuk was satisfied with God’s response to his questions and complaints and came to believe that it doesn’t matter what God does or how God does it or execute it, He does it in a right manner and for a greater purpose. As we come to Habakkuk 3:1-19 [after hearing the response from God for all his questions and complaints and knowing the overall plan of God], prophet Habakkuk began to pray and praise and worship the God of his fathers for who He is and what He does and how He does all that He do in the life of His people and in the world.

• • Habakkuk prays and praises and worships the God of his fathers (3:1)
  • The fame and greatness of God is greater than anyone else or anything else (3:2a)
  • Habakkuk testifying that he stand in awe of God’s deeds (3:2b)
  • Habakkuk praying to God to repeat in their days all that the Lord has done during the days of their forefathers (3:2c)
  • Habakkuk pleads with God to reveal Himself and make all His deeds known in their  time (3:2d)
  • Habakkuk pleads God to remember mercy in the days of His wrath (3:2e)
  • God came from Teman, the land of the Edomites where God display His power over His enemies (3:3a)
  • God, the Holy One, came from Mount Paran, the mountain ranges of Sinai – the mountain of God (3:3b)
  • God’s glory covers the heavens (3:3c)
  • God’s praise fills the earth (3:3d)
  • God’s splendor is like the sunrise (3:4a)
  • The rays of God’s glory flashes from His hand (3:4b)
  • God’s power is hidden in His hands (3:4c)
  • Plague goes before God (3:5a)
  • Pestilence follows His steps (3:5b)
  • The earth shakes when God stands on it (3:6a)
  • The nations tremble when God looks at them (3:6b)
  • The ancient mountains crumbles before God (3:6c)
  • The age-old hills collapses when God appears (3:6d)
  • No matter what happens, the Lord marches on forever (3:6e)
  • The tents of Cushan panic in distress as they hear about the God of Israel (3:7a)
  • The dwellings of Midian panic in anguish when they hear about the God of Israel (3:7b)
  • The raging rivers calms down at the sight of God (3:8a)
  • The streams become silent before God’s wrath (3:8b)
  • The turbulent sea calms down at God’s command (3:8c)
  • The Lord directs His horses and chariots and gives His people victory (3:8d)
  • The Lord uncovers His bow and calls for many arrows (3:9a)
  • The Lord split the earth with rivers (3:9b)
  • The Mountains writhe when they see the Lord (3:10a)
  • Torrents of water sweep by when God approaches (3:10b)
  • The deep roars in the presence of God (3:10c)
  • The deep lifts its pounding waves on high at the sight of God (3:10d)
  • Sun and moon stand still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows (3:11a)
  • Sun and moon stand still at the lightning of your flashing spear (3:11b)
  • In wrath you strode through the earth (3:12a)
  • In anger you threshed the nations (3:12b)
  • The Lord comes out to deliver His people (3:13a)
  • The Lord comes out to save His anointed one (3:13b)
  • The Lord crushes the leader of the land of wickedness (3:13c)
  • The Lord strips the leader of the land of wickedness from head to foot (3:13d)
  • The Lord pierces the enemy’s head with his own spear when his warriors stormed out to scatter the people of God (3:14a)
  • The Lord destroyed the enemies who came to devour the wretched who were in hiding (3:14b)
  • The Lord trampled the sea with His horses (3:15a)
  • The Lord churns the great waters with His horse (3:15b)
  • Habakuk’s heart pounded when he understood all that God is planning do (3:16a)
  • Habakkuk’s lips quivered at the sound of the Lord (3:16b)
  • Decay crept into the bones of prophet Habakkuk when he realized what God is about to do (3:16c)
  • Habakkuk’s legs trembled hearing all that God is about to do (3:16d)
  • Yet the prophet was happy and wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading Judah despite the disaster about to happen to his people (3:16e)
  • Habakkuk determined to trust the God of Israel, even if the fig tree does not bud (3:17a)
  • Habakkuk determined to rely on the God of Israel, even if there are no grapes on the vines (3:17b)
  • Habakkuk determined to praise the Lord of Israel, even if the olive crop fails (3:17c)
  • Habakkuk determined to cling unto the God of Israel, even if the fields produce no food (3:17d)
  • Habakkuk determined to place his confidence in the God of Israel, even if there are no sheep in the pen (3:17e)
  • Habakkuk determined to worship the Lord, even if no cattle in the stalls (3:17f)
  • Habakkuk decided to rejoice in the Lord (3:18a)
  • Habakkuk testified that he will be joyful in God his Savior (3:18b)
  • Habakkuk testified that the Sovereign Lord is his strength (3:19a)
  • Habakkuk testified that the Lord makes his feet like the feet of a deer (3:19b)
  • Habakkuk testified that the Lord enables him to tread on the heights (3:19c)
  • Habakkuk decided not to question God anymore rather trust in Him (3:19d)

From this not-so-easygoing conversation between prophet Habakkuk and God, we can understand that whatever God does, He does it for a good purpose. Let us see some of the reasons for God to bring the Babylonians from afar against His people Judah? Primarily, Judah is so powerful that no other nation can stand against Judah or defeat them – even the Babylonians themselves or them with their allies cannot defeat Judah but only with the help of God can anyone raise a finger against them; secondly, if Judah is not punished and uprooted from their inheritance, they will continue to sin against the God of their fathers and they will be lost forever, which is not the best interest of the covenant God made with their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their descendants (God did a similar thing when He dealt with Adam and Eve after they disobeyed God’s commands and sinned against Him – the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden [Genesis 3:21-24]); thirdly, inflicting punishment to stop sin and spreading wickedness from among God’s people is part of the covenant God made with His people (Job 5:17; Psalm 89:30-37; 94:12; Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:6); fourthly, when they are punished and go through painful situations in their own life, they will know their helpless situation and their inability to help themselves out of the trouble they are going through, and only then they will they call for God’s help and seek Him earnestly (Exodus 3:7-9; 2 Kings 13:4; Psalm 18:6; 34:15; 106:44; 107:23-27; Jonah 2:1-9; Acts 7:34; 1 Peter 3:12); and so on. There are two important things we can learn from God’s plan of bringing a more wicked nation [Babylon] against His chosen people/nation who are sinful [Judah]: (i) God brought the Babylonians against Judah to punish and purge sin and wickedness from among His chosen people; (ii) after that, God will punish the Babylonians to purge the widespread sin and wickedness from the world itself. Consequently, the end will come for all the existing things and God will start a new universal order where the righteous people will live with the Lord God Almighty for ever and ever.

Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, in the light of our meditation/discussion here, let us know that the Lord God made it clear to Habakkuk that no matter what happens in the world [good or bad], The righteous person will live by his faithfulness (Habakkuk 2:4b). Also, it is understood that There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens … (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8), even the revelation awaits an appointed time … (Habakkuk 2:3). Therefore, let us hold on to God’s promises to us and wait for it. It will certainly come and be fulfilled! Thus, it’s time for us to live a life worthy of His calling. May the Lord God Almighty bless us all! Amen!