I’ve been spending a lot of time and reflection in Deuteronomy lately as we’ve been reading it Collectively as a church. And while any of my posts are always my interpretation of scripture. It’s clear in the additional and lengthy instructions from the Lord to the Israelites his call to purity in the land. The lines are thorough and exhaustive, leaving nothing to question. The theme and phrase I find over and over again is the Lord saying “You must purge the evil from among you” It’s been my prayer lately to having a purging of my heart, any hidden sin and pride. To be purged aggressively, co labored with the spirit, in the same way the Israelites were called to deal with aggressively. It’s interesting to see the personality of God displayed throughout this book. God Bless you all!

(An entry from Grace and Truth Magazine, written by Halie Asmus) Habbukuk 2:1-3 1 I will stand on my guard post, And station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, And how I may reply when I am reproved. 2 Then the Lord answered me and said, “Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets,That the one who reads it may run. 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay. The Ache of Waiting We have all been in seasons of waiting. Whether that be waiting for a spouse, waiting for prodigals to come home, waiting for business deals to land, or waiting for doors to open. The scripture says a longing unfulfilled, or hope deferred, makes the heart sick. You see it, you feel it, you’ve experienced it. You know exactly what I am talking about. Habakkuk knows all too well about this too. A Prophet Who Wrestled With God Habakkuk was a prophet who lived in Judah, Israel’s southern kingdom. Habakkuk, although a prophet, is unique in the sense that he didn’t speak to Israel on behalf of God. Instead, his writings are written dialogue of his conversation with the Lord, written as poetry. Habakkuk struggled with trusting that God was good with all of the corruption of the world. He also struggled with trusting that God’s promises would be fulfilled. Waiting in the Middle of the Promise Through the book, we see that Babylon shall both rise and fall. That justice would prevail, and God’s promises remain. Habakkuk begins to wrestle with this because he has not yet seen any indication of the Lord’s promises being fulfilled. He was in that waiting season. The season that seems to drag on and is full of lamentation. The season that begins to feel like God cannot be trusted, or that perhaps you did not hear God correctly. The Weight of the Vision In Chapter two, God tells Habakkuk to write the vision down and make it plain. In Hebrew, this reads as chazon (חָזוֹן), meaning to see, a divinely inspired revelation, something God initiates and releases, not something Habakkuk imagines or invents. Then God says the vision is for an appointed time, moed (מוֹעֵד), meaning a fixed, scheduled, set moment. It is the same word used for feast days and holy appointments, which tells us God already locked in the moment this will unfold.

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