Habakkuk 3.2 2 O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and
your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst
of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
I love the little prophecy of Habakkuk; not because it
has a happy ending but because of statements like the two above. Personally I
want to rise to the level of Habakkuk’s faith and echo: O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I
fear. And secondly, I want to plead for my own land, the people of my land,
and the rich heritage of my land – In God We Trust – because like Habakkuk’s
land we are heading for a change and it’s gonna hurt. So I pray, Lord, in the
midst of the years revive Your works;
in the midst of the years make them
known; in wrath remember mercy.
In John 8 Jesus has an argument with the unbelieving Jews
who demand to know: “Who are You!?”
(John 8.25) We cannot be saved from ourselves if we cannot know who He is. The
offer is on the table but time is running short. Jesus’ answer to them was
simply: “Just what I have been telling
you from the beginning…” He went on to say, I am who I Am (His reference to deity which they would have fully understood
if they hadn’t be so prejudiced against Him.)
My job, my life, my energy is to be invested into
understanding who He is to me, for me, and through me, that I would faithfully pray
in our day and time: Lord, in wrath
remember mercy.
We, today, are not much different from them back then: we
just don’t believe. Many are crying out: Jesus,
if You are who You say You are then why are things so bad? Many simply
cannot believe that even God can do anything about the mess we’re in. Many don’t
believe we’re in a mess. So let the end come…
As an aggressive nation was embarking to overrun Israel, Habakkuk
said this: 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. (3.17-18) He prayed that because He knew in the midst of wrath,
God will be merciful to the faithful.
Come what may God remembers the faithful and the faithful
must pray: O God, in Your wrath, remember mercy. Amen.
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