One of the most difficult times to trust God’s plan is when we see or experience hardship. Habakkuk was struggling with the same thing. He knows that more devastation is coming if Babylon is allowed to take and disperse Israel. In his anguish he poses a question that we hear every time we see tragedy on the news, struggle with illness, or see the wicked go unpunished—why does God allow evil?

Advent is a season of waiting, which is one of the hardest things for us to do. We wait for healing, for prayers to be answered, and we wait, hoping things will be better tomorrow than they were yesterday.

This is one of four Suffering Servant Songs that prophesied the coming Messiah. It explains how the Holy One will suffer and die for our sins but triumph over death, fulfilling the promises of God.

There are many times in life that we are called to step out in faith. We cannot see the end of our journey the way God can and we must trust in his ability to work things together.

At the end of his life, King David had his son Solomon anointed as the next king over Israel. Then he admonished him to keep to the ways of the LORD, walking in his statutes, his rules, his commandments and his testimonies. David knew personally how important it was to not break God’s commandments and he made certain he passed along this lesson to his son.