Habakkuk 2:1-3 ~ look out to see what He will say

Jesus Christ is Born, painted by Allegri da Correggio

Habakkuk 2 


I will take my stand at my watch post
and station myself on the tower,
and look out to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

2 And the Lord answered me:

“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

John the Baptist called people out of their every day lives, to a wilderness. An untamed area. These people heard Father God call them and went to rethink lives, wanting renewal, refreshment, and a new Hope of God's blessing. Beginning with forgiveness. The blessing of encompassing hopes, dreams, failures, compromise and selfish ways - sin. To rededicate hope of God, the Living Father God. A new beginning.

Matthew 13:16-17
16"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. 17 "For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear."

Think about all the people of the Old Testament, the covenant with Abraham - longing to know what we have known all our lives of Jesus Christ. Three millenniums of longing for the Messiah. Moses saw Jesus and wanted to know if God would allow him to be the Messiah.

The photo looks like Allegri da Correggio's painting from the 15th Century for private chapels who wanted paintings of realistic, loving Mother of Jesus - in real circumstances. All generations looking for the Lord, want to think about the reality of His life. Two Millenniums of generations share this idea.

Making this about my favorite verse in the Scriptures for this generation:

John 20:29
Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."





This is for us. Today.

Isaiah 35:5
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Colossians 1:12
Giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.


O Come All Ye Faithful, Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation, Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. Amen.

Father God, we thank you for wedding guards found in cars left unattended. We give you Great Thanks for Being a Light Bringer. Jesus the LORD. AMEN You are the Light of the World. Alleluia!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

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