We have been learning from
Habakkuk a wonderful way to conduct ourselves whenever we do not
understand what God is doing. We remember our past, and as Habakkuk
was recalling the past appearances of God in the activities of the
Israelites as they left Egypt, we begin to understand that God had a
plan back then, and He has one now. Habakkuk continues his
description of God in chapter three and verse eight which says:
Was the LORD displeased
against the rivers? [was] your anger against the rivers? [was] your
wrath against the sea, that you did ride upon your horses [and] your
chariots of salvation?
In the
book of Exodus in chapters thirteen through fifteen we read of the
account of the escape of the people of Israel from Egypt. They were
lead to what looked like an inevitable capture and destruction with
mountains on both sides of them and only the Red Sea in front of
them. The Egyptians were quickly approaching them from behind. There
was no way out in their own minds, and certain defeat was to be their
fate. But alas, God had a plan, and it was a plan that none of them
thought of before. God simply parted the Red Sea, and the children of
Israel crossed over it with walls of water on both sides.
Habakkuk
asks, “Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? Was your
anger against the rivers? Was your wrath against the sea...” The
rivers and the sea were created by God, and there would be no
resistance to His desire for them. They obeyed His command, and
Israel was saved. The elements were not objects of God's displeasure,
anger or wrath. They were simply tools in His hand to rescue the ones
He loved. We do well to keep in mind that God has used the elements
of nature to rescue His beloved in the past, and should He desire to
move Heaven and Earth to save us, He can.
Habakkuk
continues, “that you did ride upon your horses and your chariots
of salvation?” The Egyptians thought themselves able to cross
the Red Sea as well when they watch the children of Israel cross
over, but they were wrong. As soon as they drove their armies into
the Sea and presumed themselves able to do as the Israelites, the
waves receded, and they were destroyed. The waves became God's
“horses and chariots” or weapons of defense by which He
eliminated the problem pursuers of Israel. In other words, our
Heavenly Father had the elements at hand to use in any manner He
desire to defend against Israel's foes.
When we
face difficulties that seem impossible, and there seems no way out
and no where to turn, we would be well-advised to look to the one who
created the Universe and to whom the entire creation is at His
disposal. Paul the apostle asked an important question in the book of
Romans in chapter eight and verse thirty-two:
He that spared not his
own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him
also freely give us all things?
God gave
His most precious Son to die for our sins, and nothing can compare to
His value. If God so did this and we believe in Him, how much more
should we believe that no matter how bleak our circumstances may
appear at the moment, God will move rivers, seas, horses and chariots
to intercede on our behalf should the need arise?
Next
time we shall continue to remember the appearances of God in Israel's
past, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow...there is more...
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