Where do your priorities lie?
The next prophet who we have the privilege of looking at is Haggai. His message is specifically for the leaders of Judah – Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah and a descendant of...
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A glimpse of restoration
We seem to have got into a bit of a cycle in Join Our Journey recently. Have you noticed? Warnings of destruction and exile followed by a glimmer of hope. More warnings of destruction...
Pride and humility
As Zephaniah continues with his prophecy, there is big news. Judah and Jerusalem are to be judged along with the surrounding nations. Judah prided itself on being God’s chosen nation; Jerusalem, God’s holy city....
The dangers of complacency
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, “The Lord will do nothing, either good or bad.”...
The importance of context or ‘Too little, too late’
The order of the books of the Bible makes no sense to me. Take the prophets, for example. Why would they not be placed in some even approximate chronological order? Or even better, interspersed...
Yet will I rejoice in the Lord…
Habakkuk’s prayer in Habakkuk 3 is a song of affirmation. Refreshingly honest. Resoundingly positive. He’s come from a place of a lot of questions to one of assurance that His God is God and...
No one right way to pray
Habakkuk 3 is entitled Habakkuk’s prayer, but it does not appear to be a prayer in the traditional sense. It’s a wonderful song of praise. At the end of the chapter, the instruction reads...
This is my faith
This is my faith. My faith is a comfortable place of knowing. Just knowing. Not needing to prove to myself or to others. Simply knowing. Knowing that the God who created the whole universe...
It all comes down to faith
See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright – but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. Habakkuk 2:4 This is who I want to be. This is how I...
Things will not always be this way
Habakkuk is struggling to understand what is going on in his world. He feels that he’s crying out to God for help and not getting any answers. Not any answers that he can make...
