Pastor's Corner: Delayed gratification
Last updated 4/21/2023 at 9:14am
(Please read Habakkuk 3:1-19) In Habakkuk 2:2-3, God asks his prophet to record a vision of a future day - a day when the Lord will respond to injustice. Habakkuk 2:4 spells out that we are to live until that day "by faith," not by sight. Habakkuk 3:3-15 reveals the content of the vision.
Habakkuk is deeply changed; his response in 3:16-19 clearly illustrates what it means to live by faith in God's promises. After a moment's recuperation from the cosmic events that he has just witnessed, the prophet declares, "I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us"...
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