We can live faithfully and rejoice in the God who is faithful

The prophet Habakkuk mourned over his people and nation. He was concerned that it had taken God a long time to deal with their idolatry. God had said to his people ‘You shall have no other God’s before me’. What God had done in the past, as we see in this passage, he would also do in the future. He would judge the nations and discipline his people for their sin but also show mercy.

Nothing can stand in the way of the divine presence coming. God is coming as a divine warrior to deliver his people and it will be him who loses his life for us. We see this clearly as we look to the cross of Jesus Christ. He is the anointed one who has come out to deliver his people from their sins. Jesus has come in humility but he will come again in power … the God who Habakkuk is presenting. Christians are to live faithfully and rejoice as we await his return.