Habakkuk

These last two Sundays in July we’ll look at Habakkuk.  Here’s the book at a glance.

3 chapters, 56 verses. Habakkuk is the prophet who asked two questions that God answered at length and who then responded with a great prayer testifying to his faith in God. More specifically, the prophet expresses questions and doubts regarding God’s justice and management of the world. The book of Habakkuk has affinities with the branch of philosophy known as theodicy (reconciling God’s goodness toward the human race and his omnipotence, considered within a context of evil and suffering), inasmuch as the prophet’s response of faith in the third chapter demonstrates that for him the power and goodness of God have been satisfactorily reconciled with the evil and suffering that he sees in the world. The most famous part of the book is the prophet’s great testimony that he will maintain faith in God even if his external situation becomes disastrous (3:17–19).

source is ESV Literary Study Bible