For something is taking place in your days that you will not believe when you hear about it.
Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter, impetuous nation that marches across the earth's open spaces to seize territories not its own.
They are fierce and terrifying; their views of justice and sovereignty stem from themselves,. Habakkuk 1:5-7
We are seeing this in our day: Russia is invading the Ukraine, IS is invading Syria, Iraqu and Lebanon. Nigeria has groups taken with IS idealology. This group is brutal and wants to sweep the world. In western countries groups are flaring and having to be contained.
We are seeing displaced people fleeing the Congo, Columbia, Ukraine, Syria, to name a few. UNHCR state that there are, world wide, 12 million displaced people.
Because of social media we are seeing the atrocities, hearing about the unrest. In Habakkuk's day he had to wait for word of mouth. Yet, here he was being informed by God, who sees all.
What is God saying? The Chaledeans were being used by God to deal with a proud and arrogant people. What is the difference today? I do not want IS to win, but what will the effort required to defeat them teach us?
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