Don't Panic

How long will things be this way?

Vs 1-2

King James Version Chapter 1

THE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

2  O LORD, bhow long shall I ccry, and thou wilt not hear!

Even cdcry out unto thee of deviolence, and thou wilt not save!

King James Version Chapter 1

THE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

2  O LORD, bhow long shall I ccry, and thou wilt not hear!

Even cdcry out unto thee of deviolence, and thou wilt not save!

It can be frustrating when we are struggling and there appears to be no end in sight to our problems, but we can rest assure that God is not slow or lazy. His timing is always perfect and he is completely aware of what we are going through.

It can be frustrating when we are struggling and there appears to be no end in sight to our problems, but we can rest assure that God is not slow or lazy. His timing is always perfect and he is completely aware of what we are going through.

Why are things like this?

Vs 3-4

King James Version Chapter 1

Why dost thou shew me finiquity, and cause me to behold fgrievance?

For gspoiling and efviolence are before me:

And there are that raise up fstrife and contention.

4  Therefore the law his slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:

For ithe wicked doth kcompass about the righteous;

Therefore ||wrong judgment proceedeth.

We don’t always understand why God is allowing us to suffer through tough times, but we can be assured that non of it is without its purpose.

The Spurgeon Study Bible: Notes Chapter 1

Why does the Lord show us iniquity and injustice? It is to deliver us from it. If God has broken our heart, he has broken it to give us a new one. If he has killed us by the law, he has killed us to make us alive by the gospel. If he has wounded us in our conscience, he has done it that he may have room to pour in the oil and the relief of Christ Jesus. If he has stripped us, he has only pulled off our rags that he may put on us a perfect robe of spotless righteousness.

Commentary on the Twelve Prophets Chapter One

“Why does the way of the godless prosper, all lawbreakers flourish?”7

() “Why does the way of the godless prosper, all lawbreakers flourish?”

Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, Volume 1 1:2–3

he says this because of the anguish of his mind, unaware that gold is refined by fire and that the three youths came forth from the furnace purer than when they entered.

How will God make it better?

King James Version Chapter 1

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and mwonder marvellously:

For I will work a work in your days,

Which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

Though we do not know the timeline of our situation, or the particulars of why exactly we are going through this and what its ultimate purpose is. We can take comfort in knowing that our Lord knows all of these things and is working them to our good. God re-purposes our sufferings and makes them grow into untold blessings even when we can’t see what he is doing.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

For I am doing something in your days

that you will not believel

when you hear about it.m

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

For I am doing something in your days

that you will not believel

when you hear about it.

King James Version Chapter 8

And we know that kall things work together lfor good to them that love God, to them mwho are the called according to his npurpose.

King James Version Chapter 21

Behold, pI make all things new. And he said unto me, qWrite: for rthese words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, sIt is done. tI am Alpha and Omega, tthe beginning and the end. uI will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life vfreely.