IT IS NOT NEW

April 19. Esther ch 8-Job ch 1-2

NOT NEW TO OUR TIME

The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.

God answers Habakkuk

“Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth, to seize dwellings not their own. They are dreaded and fearsome; their justice and dignity go forth from themselves. Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour. They all come for violence, all their faces forward. They gather captives like sand. At kings they scoff, and at rulers they laugh. They laugh at every fortress, for they pile up earth and take it. Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, guilty men, whose own might is their god!” Habakkuk 1:1‭-‬11 ESV

GOOD DAY: It is not new for the world to be so evil that the God fearing people should have to reason it out with God. The above discuss was by prophet Habakkuk who lived in the 7th century BC. It shows that nothing is new either personal or corporate. It has happened before and God has dealt with it. People who ignore or forget God in their actions are setting themselves up for His wrath. It is a good exercise to find time to read the book of Habakkuk, it is a short book. There is no need to fear because of the wicked. God knows how to put an end to every scientific invention that He chooses, and He can make the wicked be like Nebuchadnezzar. Those who fear God should however continue to live by their faith. That is the way to have peace in a perverted generation.