"Life Isn't Fair"

  Life isn't fair! God is fair. We seem to want to find someone other than God that is creating all this suffering and heartache we see around us daily. Some put it to fate. Others say its just a luck of the draw or bad luck. Why are we so reluctant to look at God and see God during dismal times?

  Here comes Habakkuk. He was at his post watching and then a message came from God: "All wrongs will be righted. Trust in God and stand firm!" The trusting, the faithful child lives in, through and after the calamity that is coming. The calamity was not the beginning of the difficulties - IT WAS THE CURE! God uses sin and sinful people to work His purpose. You find that astonishing? Just read Habakkuk 1:5 and that's precisely what God said. You will have to see it to believe it!

  How can one find assurance through such difficulties? God will be their redeemer and save them. In this case, the Babylonians are coming upon God's sin-filled people to punish and purge sin from among His people. "We are God's people!" many protest. Yes, a people with apathy, filled with sin and who forget to cling to their God and listen to His voice. What's God to do? God didn't say, "There just so happens to be a nation coming and they will invade your land and I will just make use of them!" God said He is doing this! It's coming from His throne that He is raising up the Chaldeans and is bringing them against His people. "But don't you see" people protest, "God would never hurt anyone! He is a kind and loving God!" That's exactly what gets people in trouble. God doesn't want to harm or destroy but sin ravages, destroys and corrupts any people. God must stop sins advancement even it is dealing with His own people!

  Habakkuk prays. Habakkuk humbles himself before God and accepts the approaching cleansing. He speaks the words: "The Lord God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds feet, and makes me walk on my high places." (Hab. 3:19) We need to learn and see God. We need to be humble and listen to God. Life isn't fair at times but God always remains and He will do what it takes to keep sin from among His own. That's a righteous and just God. And we pray...