Habakkuk’s first complaint to the Lord is that God appears to be silent while injustice is rampant, God’s response catches Habakkuk by surprise... God speaks of raising an even more powerful and wicked nation to do his will. Habakkuk naturally asks God how this can be possible!? While we sit in the tension of chapter one, some essential elements emerge: We’ll discuss the ability for us to bring complaints to God, that God’s ways are beyond our ways, and that God is sovereign and works things to the best ends.
