God's Absence and Pain's Presence

The prophecy of Habakkuk is one of the most challenging and engaging books in the Bible. The issues Habakkuk treats are protound and complex. There are no easy answers to be found in the book of Habakkuk. It demands serious prayer, thoughtful reflection, and persistent reading over and over again to attempt to understand the truths that are contained in this prophecy. Yet, for the Christian who dares to take the Habakkuk's challenge, the spiritual rewards can be immense. Habakkuk's prophecy contains deep truths of the gospel that few Christians venture to understand. Contained within his oracles is the gospel according to the prophets of the Old Testament. Though at first Habakkuk struggled to understand the ways of God, he would come to a point of total surrender after receiving the word of God in a vision from God. Habakkuk's journey is the journey of every believer who seeks more than a mere simplistic knowledge of God and superficial faith in God.