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         “Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. (Habakkuk 1:5)

As we look around, we see all sorts of things that are amazing. We have hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, wars, people hating, and all manner of evil. We also see folks helping folks, the possibility of paralyzed people walking again, of mechanical arms, legs, and hands, discoveries, love, and beauty. There are parts of the world where Christianity is growing. It’s all mixed together and it all amazes us – or should.

We know what He’s done in the past. We have read what He’ll do in the future, and we suspect that now is part of that future, but it’s not an immediately happy future from our perspective. We feel like Habakkuk, asking how God can allow it all.

 But in all that we look at as evil, God is able to - and does – use people we think are monsters to accomplish His goals. That doesn’t mean He approves of them, just that He can and does use them. The same with horrific events. We may not be able to see God at work. We don’t understand or always approve, but He’s at work in the world and in us. And we may not ever see some of it, but God told Habakkuk to watch. And He’s telling us to watch because He’s still doing amazing things.

 

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