DO YOU WANT TO HEAR?
Habakkuk 1, 2

Habakkuk was a prophet who lived in Judah during the day of King Jehoiakim. He was not a stranger to hearing from God, neither was he short of receiving answers from God when he presented his questions to God. Despite the calling in the life of Habakkuk, he demonstrated that only by patiently watching and waiting can a man prevail in seeking and receiving from God. Having established a constant communication early in the book of Habakkuk, it became obvious in his word that without watching patiently hearing back from God can be impossible. The second chapter of Habakkuk recorded what it takes to get answer back from God. Habakkuk 2:1, “I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.” Habakkuk’s self talk was in direction to God. He had been engaged in communicating back and forth with God. As the communication continued, there was a need for him to wait for response. Habakkuk’s attitude of patiently watching and waiting for God’s response is a lesson that needs to be written all over a believer’s life. It does not matter at what level you are walking with God; it will never take away the attitude of watching and waiting patiently. If there are to be any who wait and watch patiently for God, it should be the ones who walk closest with God. A steady watching and waiting patiently for God will no doubt bring forth a constant and reliable hearing and receiving from the Lord God. Elijah was no exception when his need to hear from God required waiting. Having called for rain to cease, he needed to wait on God for rain to fall. In his waiting for rain to fall, it took him seven times calling back and forth before the sign of rainfall could be sighted. Unlike when he called for rain to cease, Elijah had to wait longer when he called for rain to fall. God is neither a computer nor man that can be manipulated. Wait and watch is the rule of calling and in hearing from Him. Are you having challenges in any area of life where it seems there is no answer to your concerns or where there is no way out in your journey? Have you spent time in waiting and watching? Demonstrate to God that regardless of your challenges you will not move without hearing from Him. He is a faithful God! Go and He will not fail you.

Prayer for today: I ask O Lord, for the impartation of the grace that it takes to be able to watch and wait when situations demand for watching and waiting.