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Monday, February 5, 2024

In the Presence of Grace: Daily Devotions for Comfort

MONDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2024

 

TEXT: Habakkuk 2:4-14

 

4: “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness—

 

5: indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.

 

6: “Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, “‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?’

 

7: Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey.

 

8: Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

 

9: “Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin!

 

10: You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

 

11: The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

 

12: “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice!

 

13: Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

 

14: For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

 

(New International Version Holy Bible)

 

TOPIC: FOR THE VISION IS YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME (II)

 

Throughout Ancient Near Eastern history, Babylon was known for evil. In fact, the name has come to symbolize anything that is evil.

 

Righteousness is presented as a contrast to evil, which is promoted through the Chaldea/Babylon system in v4. But righteousness is attained through faith in God.

 

Several other verses describe the Babylonian way of life as being contrary to righteousness. The matter is anchored in v14 with the prophetic statement that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. There can be nothing more reassuring!

 

The vision culminates in the fact that evil will not always have its way. Bad leaders will not always have their way. In the Lord's appointed time, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord!

 

Be encouraged as you go about your business today that no matter how corrupt the system under which you live and operate is, the Lord has timed everything that stands contrary to His standard. It will be over at His appointed time!

 

QUESTION: How has your faith been challenged by evil?

 

PRAYER: Please open my eyes to see Your glory over the current appearance of evil, in Jesus name. Amen.


 

Remain Blessed

ECWA Food For The Day, 2024.

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