The country was on the brink of a devastating invasion. Famine
threatened. Violence and social injustice filled the land. Habakkuk the
Old Testament prophet had every reason to sink into despair. Where was
God in these turbulent times?
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was one of the twentieth century's foremost
preachers and Bible teachers. The parallels he draws between the message
of Habakkuk and the crisis-ridden West are still powerfully relevant to
our own times. Here is the secret of the problem of history. No event,
however catastrophic, fails to find a place in God's loving purpose for
humanity. Habakkuk's great assertion of faith, in the midst of enormous
personal upheaval and emotional strain, can be ours: 'Yet I rejoice in
the LORD...The Sovereign LORD is my strength.'