Whatever you are going through at the moment, be assured that God sees you. He is also the All Knowing God. Whatever anyone on earth has done, He knows it! As we get irritated with people in the news, it is good to remember that God sees, and God hears.
The church has failed in its mission to convert the world to Christ, and now we are reaping the consequences. The devil has had too much influence on the church, past and present in making too many christians think that we just have to go to church on Sundays.
As I write this in early April 2022 I have to ask myself if God could be using the Ukraine situation to teach the rest of us a lesson? Only He has the answer. But I am following closely the order from God at the beginning of this verse.
There are many cases going on in the court rooms of the world right now which make many of us wonder if justice will ever prevail. Sometimes we hear of the strangest things being allowed. We hear of innocent people being jailed for saying the wrong things.
Habakkuk sounds as though he has been listening to our modern day news programmes! He was fed up with the world situation as he saw it, and as he heard about what was happening all around him, so finally he went before The Lord and asked for an explanation.
It is interesting that Jesus says ALL authority has been given to ME, therefore YOU go! It reminds me of a boss who does not want to do something so sends the office boy instead. But of course it is not like that at all! Jesus sends out His followers.
Chapter 7 of Acts ended with the stoning of Stephen. And chapter 8 begins with the persecution of the church, resulting in the disciples all going in different directions. What seemed like disaster resulted in much more of the world hearing the truth about Jesus and received healing and deliverance.
We stay with the picture of athletes or sportsmen for another day. Picture one of them in the gym doing the necessary exercises. A keen sportsman will go several times a week in order to keep fit. So it is with our christian walk with Jesus, we must stay fit.
Trying to go it alone can be a very slow process and depressing. The witnesses mentioned in the previous chapter are all examples for us today. But many of us also have had witnesses who have been good examples for us. Friends or family, colleagues, church leaders, others in church…
Often we hear of good consequences from what we see as bad things. I can tell of several times in my life when I have been going through a difficult time and have prayed Lord teach me quickly whatever I need to be learning from this, and let us move on.
EN 
FR