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Discipleship Focus: King
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
Habakkuk
1 opened with Habakkuk’s challenge.
Habakkuk didn’t understand how so much violent and unrighteous behavior
could exist in the world when God was King.
Habakkuk didn’t argue the sovereignty of God; he simply didn’t understand
how the two things could be true together.
As this
book ends, we hear Habakkuk change his tune.
I’m not really sure Habakkuk comprehends how unrighteous behavior can be
occurring in the world. I’m not really
sure I comprehend why God allows it, either.
I tell myself that it is because God allows us to have free will. But in truth, I’m not sure I comprehend why
God allows that, either.
Where we
do hear a change in Habakkuk’s tune is that he is more firmly aware of God’s
omnipotence. Habakkuk knows how God is
king. Creation obeys Him. The sun and the moon stay out of His way when
He looks to earth. The mountains quake
before Him. Plague and Pestilence obey
His command. Water rushes out of the way
before Him.
What I
truly love about Habakkuk, though, is the conclusion to which he arrives at the
end. Habakkuk says that even if his circumstances are poor, he will continue to
praise the Lord. If the crops fail, he
will remain with the king of the universe.
I love this, because it shows that Habakkuk is not on a bandwagon. He doesn’t walk with God when life is good
and accuse God when life is bad. He
praises God at all times as a king deserves.
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