This week was fantastic. We had classes with Christine Wichart, who was teaching us all about church history. We went through everything from the Apostle Peter to Billy Graham. The class was called "Faithfulness Through the Ages"... and it was really cool to see how God was faithful in preserving His Church and His Word throughout the centuries. We also had study project presentations this week. I've never known so much about the minor prophets in my life. The minor prophets really are a treasure that everyone should read. We get to be reminded of the God we don't normally read about, a God of wrath and jealousy. Yet He's the same God we cherish so much in the New Testament. Even in the minors we get to see His love and mercy.
So, my devotional thought is from the minor prophets this time:
"I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint."
- Habakkuk 2:1
Habakkuk was lifting up his worries and complaints to the Lord about the Babylonians coming to destroy Judah. And he was waiting on the Lord to answer him.
Think about what it means to stand at the watchpost of a city. It's a commitment, it's a job you can't just leave. You can't just leave the watchpost because you're tired or bored. Yeah, it may be an incredibly boring job... just standing there and waiting for something or someone to come along, but you still can't leave. Is this the same attitude we have when we're waiting on the Lord? Or do we wait on the Lord until we get bored or tired of it, then just leave?
I know I'm guilty of this. I tend to wait on the Lord until I'm tired of waiting for Him, and then I go off trying to solve the problems I presented to Him on my own. How absurd is that? Often times it seems like we're waiting for a long time, but really, He's already started working. We tend to cover our eyes to the subtle things He does, but then scream and beg for Him to show us obvious things.
We need to let God open up our spiritually blind eyes.
