QT 8/10/2022 Hab 2:12-14, We, like Babylon before us, do not believe that the Most High rules

Habakkuk 2:12–14 (ESV) —

12 “Woe to him who builds a town with blood

and founds a city on iniquity!

13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts

that peoples labor merely for fire,

and nations weary themselves for nothing?

14 For the earth will be filled

with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

 

NOTE: Over these last two years, we have seen neighborhoods burn to the ground -- all that work and effort lost in a moment. War can devastate a country, a city, our neighborhood. But, we burned our own neighborhoods that we labored  to build. So, do we "labor merely for fire" -- to see the inferno at the end or to enjoy a few marshmallows? Obviously not. No one builds something to see it burn. It is not God's idea either, although he allows it so that we see our need for him. Everything we do and believe in this worldview we live in, is based on a lie that we control our own destiny. I've been studying Daniel and the theme of the book is that the Most High God rules. Nebuchadnezzar thought it was his strength and skill that brought him to power but it was God who raised him up. Everything this world does and believes nowadays is the same Babylonian mistake to think that God is not in charge. Whether it is evolution, or two sexes, or the basis of marriage, or the idea of sin, or the existence of Satan. Maybe that is why God uses the image of Babylon to convey life in the tribulation.

 

PONDER:

1. Do I truly believe that the most High rules?
2. Or do I fret and worry because evil appears to be winning?

 

PRAYER: Father, forgive me for my lack of faith. I do believe you rule and the people in charge are the people you allowed to be in charge. We have brought this upon ourselves because we have forsaken you. We need to repent of our sins and return to you before it is too late.