We often read Scriptures casually, out of habit, or at least I do. It doesn’t seem to have much impact. It doesn’t feel relevant. We know the stories but don’t really take time to meditate on their meaning. At this stage, many give up and stop reading altogether. What is the point?
But sometimes, when we take time to meditate, and make an effort to reflect on the Scriptures, we can really feel the impact of the Word on our life and thoughts.
Over the last few weeks, the book of Habakuk has been working in my mind and heart. I have read and re-read it several times. I have looked into commentaries, and it has been working on my mind day and night.
Hababkuk is perplex. He doesn’t understand God’s ways. He doesn’t that God would not answer his prayers about unrepentant Israël. But When God answer, he questions his method for judging Israël. His experience of God doesn’t seem to reflect what he knows. Many people today would have given up by now. But Habakuk was a man of faith. he waited patiently and God answered: “the just shall live by faith”. At the end of a long struggle, Hababkuk gets it. I’ll let you read the book to find out the answer. It will take about 10 minutes of your time.
I am slowly getting the message of Habakuk. But it is a painful process.
What about you. Is the Word at work within you?