“Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.” Habakkuk 1:5 NKJV
“Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die.O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he?”
Habakkuk 1:12-13 NKJV
“I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.” Habakkuk 2:1 NKJV
Lord God Almighty,
You answer Habakkuk’s questions telling him to be prepared because he will see some answers coming to pass in his own time. And even if You told habakkuk the details he would find it difficult to believe. Sometimes we want You, God to tell us the future but You are not a fortune teller. You are a God who can bring things to pass beyond our imagination. We cannot see the whole picture as You can Lord. Prophets more than often come to repeat something we have already heard from You God to give us faith and assurance.
Some things we have to simply trust You for. As Jesus told us we can ask You, seek You and knock on heavens door (Matthew 7:7) But we need to live one day at a time and not worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34). It is not easy Lord to hand over all the troubles in our nation and our world and trust You for tomorrow . . . in faith like Habakkuk, we will look at what you will do in our day. You are from everlasting, and we will watch for what You will say to us.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Wednesday 13th August 2025
I do not know what lies ahead,
the way I cannot see;
yet one stands near to be my guide;
he’ll show the way to me.
I know who holds the future,
and he’ll guide me with his hand.
With God things don’t just happen;
everything by him is planned.
So as I face tomorrow
with its problems large and small,
I’ll trust the God of miracles,
give to him my all.
I do not know how many days
of life are mine to spend;
but one who knows and cares for me
will keep me to the end.
Chorus
I do not know the course ahead,
what joys and griefs are there;
but one is near who fully knows;
I’ll trust his loving care.
Chorus
Lyrics: Alfred B Smith and Eugene Clarke