What if God did speak directly from heaven and answer our old question: “Why, Lord?” One Old Testament prophet kept crying out to God. He asked why evil was everywhere around him and how long God was going to tolerate it. When God answered him, He told the prophet that He was about to put an end to these evil people and their wicked ways. That should have satisfied the prophet and ended the conversation.

But it didn’t. The man of God asked “Why?’ again: But why are you doing it that way? So even if God were to answer our “Why?” questions, we would just have more. 

This Old Testament prophet was Habakkuk. The book named after him is a tremendous study in the problem of sin and suffering. It is short in length and seldom read, but its benefits are invaluable. 

Read about this subject 

• Scripture: Habakkuk
• Without Hope?

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• America Through the Eyes of Isaiah, “A Drop of a Bucket” track 19