The Vision in Time

“Write down the vision...for the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfilment, and will not disappoint...” Habakkuk 2:2-3

I always get excited reading the daily scriptures. Like the prophet Habukkuk and many before and after him, I too ask why God allows evil, why He does not put a stop to extrajudicial killings and corruption and injustice and immoral leaders... The list is long and I know these questions have troubled many and have even caused many to abandon their faith. 

Habakkuk asks: “Why do You gaze on the faithless in silence, while the wicked devour one more just than himself? ....Shall he then keep on brandishing his sword to slay peoples without mercy?”

Then the Lord answered, “Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets...for the vision still has its time, pressed on to fulfilment, and will not disappoint; If it delays wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.”

Clearly God has a purpose and a plan, a grand vision and design. When we read a great novel or admire an artist’s masterpiece, everything makes perfect sense when we see the whole and not just a part of it. The same is true with God’s great work of heART. We do not understand why He permits a massive earthquake in Japan, or a man like Hitler to destroy a major part of humanity. We can be sure God has a greater good in mind for us and His creation. 

In the Book of Job, when Job complained about his lot, God’s response was to take him on a tour of the cosmos, challenging Job from the whirlwind. “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Have you ever commanded the morning to appear? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven, turning the dry dust into clumps of mud?” The Lord asked Job many more questions that he and we do not know the answer to. But our God knows all the answers. We do not need the “answers” to our questions or the challenges life gives us, as much as we need God Himself! When we have nothing left but God, God is enough.