How
often do we ask something of God in prayer, then rush on with our lives, still
trying to fix the situation in our own way?
Habakkuk
showed us a great example of someone who asked things of God then waited for
God’s reply. After his question, he tells us what he did: “I
will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see
what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.” (Habakkuk
2 v 1).
We
should be doing just what Habakkuk did. Habakkuk was purposefully waiting for
an answer from God. He was intently listening to hear God answer his question.
Habakkuk went to a specific place while he waited for an answer from God, but
for us it could be anywhere. When we ask a question of God, it is so important
to be patient enough to wait for the answer and to apply ourselves to listening
to God in whatever way he might speak to us.
Habakkuk
seems to have heard God’s voice. We might hear God in our circumstances,
through reading his word, from the words of a friend, in a song, or in some
other way. But do we actually take time to listen?
How
rude we are when we ask a question but don’t take time to listen for the
answer! Let’s be like Habakkuk and listen intentionally to what God has to say
to us.
May we listen to what God has to say this
weekend and obey him.
