Habakkuk Analysis

In Habakkuk, one aspect of God is he is a just God. He punishes people for their sins and wrong doing. Even if it might seem like they are not going to be punished he does so in His own time. Another key aspect of God is that he is patient. Habakkuk begins the book by questioning God. He asks why God is letting him face evil without doing anything about it. God does not get angry over these accusations, but instead he gives some type of answer explaining why he does what he does. God tells Habakkuk that the righteous live by faith and this is how Habakkuk and everyone should live. Habakkuk was a prophet most likely from Judah. We do not know much about him. We can infer that he was faithful and had a close connection with God because God replies to him when he calls out to God. Habakkuk is
Habakkuk is crying out to the Lord for help about all the evil going on. Although there is this evil God says there is work being done. This can be said about today. There is so much evil going on throughout the world and we cannot always see what God is doing and know his plans. Another reason for hope is chapter three verses 17-19. According to Discovering the Bible, “Many have found in the courageous faith of Habakkuk a challenge to go on trusting God in the midst of severe adversities and trials of life (see 3:17-19)”. Even when life is going wrong and not how we want it to God is there. We need to have faith like the prophet Habakkuk to believe and trust that God will work out our lives like he intended too. God will give us the strength to pursue what he planned for us and to make it through the dark times that we think we will not survive. Chuck Swindoll from Insight for Living says, “However, the book of Habakkuk reminds us that no place is too dark and no wall too thick for God’s grace to penetrate in a powerful and life-affirming way”. While demonstrating this faith, we can see the good and worship God at all times in our