Month: June 2025

Habakkuk 3:15-16 (NLT) 15 You trampled the sea with your horses, and the mighty waters piled high. 16 I trembled inside when I heard this; my lips quivered with fear. My legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

As Habakkuk penned the words that would bring his prophecy/prayer to a close, he invoked imagery from the parting of the Red Sea — where God rescued the Israelites with a magnificent display of His power and might by separating the waters and creating a path for His people to cross safely, even as the Egyptian army closed in behind them.

He expressed the terror that he felt as he heard these words from God; his lips quivered with fear, his legs folded beneath him, and he shook with terror.

This prophecy was like nothing Habakkuk had heard before. Its vividness caused him to melt with fear and trembling.

And yet, despite all of this, he affirmed his faith, confidence, and trust in God, stating that he would wait quietly for the day when God would punish those who invaded them.

Now that we’ve learned a little about Habakkuk, what can we learn from him?

How can we use the words and insights in Habakkuk’s prayer/prophecy to strengthen our own walk with God?

It’s safe to say that Habakkuk trusted God immensely. He understood and accepted God’s sovereignty, even when what he was seeing didn’t make sense or seem fair.

He listened to what God told him through the Holy Spirit. And yes, it sometimes terrified him. But he took it at more than face value.

And when he recognized what God was saying, instead of arguing with Him, he cried out for His mercy.

This is a valuable lesson for us all. We can only cry out for God’s mercy when we have accepted His will and His plans and submitted ourselves to Him.

This is a sign of our trust in Him, and it demonstrates maturity as a believer.

The lessons over the last few days were put together, not necessarily to learn about Habakkuk, but to help us step outside the “normal” boundaries of our routine thinking when it comes to Bible devotionals, and the things that we tend to study repeatedly.

Habakkuk is a great example of learning from the obscure; being willing to look at the seemingly insignificant things, and gleaning understanding and wisdom from those things.

We hope you have enjoyed this series.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Habakkuk 3:3 (LSB) 3 God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise.

As Habakkuk spoke the words of his appeal to God, he painted an image of God rescuing His people.

Verse 3, above, was just one of many verses written by this method.

His imagery was largely drawn from past experiences and happenings involving the nation of Israel and God’s covenant people.

The Jews were known for their idolatry; spiritual adultery committed against God.

This frequently resulted in God’s chastening of His people. The punishment would often involve purging the idolaters in massive numbers. Seeing this would cause the remaining Israelites to repent and humble themselves before God, at least for a time.

Habakkuk’s cry was that God would once again purge the idolaters as in days gone by instead of allowing the nation to be ransacked and marauded by outsiders, with people being exiled to foreign lands in mass numbers.

Habakkuk 3:4-5 (LSB) 4 His brightness is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His strength. 5 Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.

As we continue through chapter 3, we see numerous allusions to these past events.

Verses 4-5 above revisit God’s dealings with Pharoah, as He punished him for not releasing His people from their slavery in Egypt.

And here, in verse 6, Habakkuk reinforces God’s sovereignty as he recounts the events that took place at creation.

Habakkuk 3:6 (NKJV) 6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

And as Habakkuk continued, he painted a picture of the future redemption of God’s people.

Habakkuk 3:10-11 (NKJV) 10 The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.

Habakkuk trusted God and His plan for the Israelites, even though he struggled to understand what he was seeing in the present.

Please join us again tomorrow as we bring this study to a close.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Habakkuk 3:1 (NKJV) 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth.

Welcome back. Let’s continue!

Habakkuk’s name is said to mean, “embrace” or “one who embraces”.

That name is fitting. And the accuracy of it becomes obvious the further into the book we read, as we see Habakkuk embracing and clinging to God despite not understanding His ways.

What else can we learn about Habakkuk?

Because he introduced himself in Habakkuk 1:1 as simply, the prophet Habakkuk, it is believed that he was likely well known in his day. It has been well established that he was a contemporary of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Zephaniah.

Further, Habakkuk’s writings differed from most other OT prophets of God in that they did not address Judah or Israel directly. Instead, he speaks to God about what he sees taking place around him.

Many of the questions Habakkuk asks God are similar to the words spoken by Job as he questioned God’s ways, His judgements, and His seeming lack of justice regarding evildoers.

Habakkuk’s words were sincere, passionate, and heartfelt, not accusatory. There was no malice intended in his inquiries of God.

So, with this background in place, and these things established, let’s move forward with Habakkuk’s prayer, which runs from Habakkuk 3:1 through 3:16.

Habakkuk 3:2 (NKJV) 2 O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

If we look at Habakkuk 3:2, we will see that he is making an impassioned plea for God to “revive” His work in the midst of the years. What was he referring to?

Habakkuk was pleading with God to protect and restore Israel as He had done in past situations; to prevent the land from being invaded and overtaken by evil rulers from foreign lands.

God’s practice in years past was to purge His covenant people and restore them to righteousness.

But in this instance, it seemed that God would not protect Israel or Judah, allowing them instead to be conqured and chastened by way of captivity and exile to foreign lands of heathen, pagan people.

More tomorrow…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Habakkuk 1:2 (LSB) 2 How long, O Yahweh, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do not save.

If we step back, and we view our walk with God from a distance, we may see that it (our walk with Him) has become a practice of repetition; a series of routines carried out repeatedly each day, each week, and each month.

We didn’t intend for this to happen. In fact, we probably understood before it happened that a relationship based on rituals and repetition is, at best, a weak relationship.

But here we are.

And if we’re honest, we will likely admit that we have in fact become at least slightly mechanical in our relationship with the God who created us.

But God is merciful, and He knows our heart.

He is a God of endless chances, and He wants us to recognize these things so we can make the necessary corrections and adjustments to restore the joy and fervor in our relationship with Him!

And it’s on that note that we will be looking at a “Prayer of Habakkuk”.

We may have heard about the “Prayer of Jabez” at some point in our journey, but never about Habakkuk. There are likely various reasons for this. One of them may involve the simplicity of the prayer of Jabez vs. the intricacies and the nature of Habakkuk’s prayer.

Nonetheless, taking the time to study Habakkuk’s prayer is worthwhile. So, let’s do that.

This will not be a deep dive, so to speak. Think of it as a study that will help us look outside of our normal study routines, with the hopes that it will cause us to ponder some things of God that we are less likely to ponder unless we are encouraged to do so.

As a foundation for this study, we may want to know a little about who Habakkuk was.

Let’s see what we can come up with.

Habakkuk was an Old Testament prophet who penned the book that bears his name.

He is little-known and is one of the 12 “minor prophets”.

As with the most “minor prophets”, there is virtually nothing known about Habakkuk’s personal life or his history. Most of what is known is derived or inferred from the words he penned in the book bearing his name.

We will continue with this study tomorrow!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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