How Long Shall I Cry (Part 2)

God’s answer to Habakkuk’s question. Verses 5-11 “Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Then shall his mind change and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this, his power unto his god.”

God is doing something. He is lifting up a foreign nation, the Babylonians, to come and destroy Judah. He tells Habakkuk, “You would not believe if you were told.”  Why? Because they are really wicked! They were worse than the Jews.

Verses 6-11 describe just how evil they are. The reason for this description is to show that they are so powerful, no one can stop them. They will certainly destroy Judah.

a. They are powerful as a force for evil.

b. They are mighty in the tactics of battle and warfare.

c. They are extremely deadly with their horsemanship and weaponry.

d. They show no mercy or justice to their captives or their victims.

We see in verse 11 that they will be held guilty for their wickedness, but God is going to use them anyway.
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Most of us have been praying for the evil in our society hoping for revival. What if God allowed America to fall just like the Roman Empire at the height of its glory? What would you think about that answer? Would you say God didn’t answer your prayer?

God teaches us through Habakkuk that He doesn’t always give us the answers we want or expect. We usually have it in our mind how we want God to answer our prayers, but when He does it differently, how do you respond?