PrayerBits for Tuesday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Tuesday

Scripture lesson: Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 If it seems to tarry, wait for it

Time to reflect: Only by looking at history in the broad do we see the work of God and the failure of evil people and destructive forces. God's world is not structured to always favor individuals but over time humanity as a whole and people in large groups are preserved and good eventually prevails. So if things don't work out for us, it is enough that it works out for humanity.

Moving through the day: Pray that you and people remain hopeful and patient.

Scripture:

Habakkuk 1

 1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.

Habakkuk's Complaint

 2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
       but you do not listen?
       Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
       but you do not save?

 3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
       Why do you tolerate wrong?
       Destruction and violence are before me;
       there is strife, and conflict abounds.

 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,
       and justice never prevails.
       The wicked hem in the righteous,
       so that justice is perverted.

Habakkuk 2

 1 I will stand at my watch
       and station myself on the ramparts;
       I will look to see what he will say to me,
       and what answer I am to give to this complaint. [a]

The LORD's Answer

 2 Then the LORD replied:
       "Write down the revelation
       and make it plain on tablets
       so that a herald [b] may run with it.

 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
       it speaks of the end
       and will not prove false.
       Though it linger, wait for it;
       it [c] will certainly come and will not delay.

 4 "See, he is puffed up;
       his desires are not upright—
       but the righteous will live by his faith [d] -