In the Midst of the Years: when we must wait for God’s deliverance
In the Midst of the Years: when we must wait for God’s deliverance Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 ESV The book of Habakkuk is the record of Habakkuk’s wrestling with the Lord. Habakkuk faces the challenge to “trust in the purposes of the Lord despite confusing perceptions of precisely what he is doing” (Robertson). In Habakkuk we see the prophet crying out to the Lord as he faces difficult circumstances which have left him utterly confused, and through his dialogue with the Lord, he comes to a place of acceptance and joy. The Background Habakkuk lives in a time when the righteous are surrounded by the wicked and it seems their violence, their strife, their perversion of justice is going unnoticed by the Lord. So...