Today, I decided to do something a little different. It has been a while since I read much from the minor prophets. So I turned to Habakkuk. I read through his questions to God and the resulting answers God offered him.
I was moved by the prophets honesty and transparency before God. I caused me to think about how the prophet felt and what he might have been enduring. There are so many similarities between the environment in which the prophet lived and ours today. There is so much injustice in the world. Particularly, in our society, our priorities are so messed up that we don’t even see the true picture of what goes on daily in our own communities.
But God answered Habakkuk’s cries with this, “Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.”
Do you ever think we need God to do something in our days that completely blows our minds? I think we are there!
I think it is fitting during this Advent season, as we anticipate the celebration of Jesus’ coming to earth, that we lay our hearts before God, and join in with Habakkuk, asking God to move in a mighty way – not some day – now.
In Habakkuk 3, we are given a prayer that Habakkuk offered to God. It begins, “Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.”
That is my prayer today.
Clay in the Hands 
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