"Who was Habakkuk?" Asks the teacher to the children of his Sunday school class.
"Bohhhhhh ..." is the answer. The boys look at it with the lively expression of Byzantine icons.
"It seems to me that he was a prophet. One of those little important ... "try a girl.
"Nothing is unimportant if it is in the Bible" the teacher says, "but it is also true that he did not know anything. Nor where he was born, nor what he has done, nor that belonged to the tribe. "
"So why study it?" He says with a tone a little boy 'challenge.
"The study of very important because it has something to teach us," says the teacher. He continues: "It seems to have lived when the kingdom of Judah was in a total loss, and people behaved very badly. Almost all of them were rebels, and instead worshiped false idols to worship God, to disobey the commands of God and they were immoral.
"God has said to Habakkuk that he would use the Chaldeans, who were crudelissmi and vicious, to invade the land of the Jews and punish them for their sins as they deserved." The kids were attentive
and stakeholders. For a time there were questions.
"How do you think is right Habacuc" asked the teacher.
The boys said, "God was good ... The bad guys had deserved the punishment ... If we must punish evil God ...".
"There are good answers," said the teacher, but Habakkuk had a problem: "It was true that Jews were bad and disobedient and deserved punishment, the more that God had warned them many times and they had not heard, but because he used of poor people even more to punish them? It did not seem right ...".
"In fact ... it is not right, "said a boy a bit ' belligerent. "God must punish all, otherwise it is not right! He had to use the good to punish the wicked! "
" But my dad says that God always does well ... "suggested a girl.
"worry" said the teacher. "Listen how it turned out. God told Habakkuk that, at that time would punish the Chaldeans also very hard. The wicked will be punished one time or another and the punishment will be tough and fair. God is sovereign and makes all things as He wants and when he wants. But he who loves God and believes in Him shall live by his faith in God "
" It means that no one who loves God must die in war, "asked a child who had been silent until then.
"No, purtropppo Believers die in the wars and calamities, if God permits. But those who love God will live forever with the Lord. This is very important. "
" It's a bit 'sad but ... "said the same child.
"Yes, it is sad, and so we need to talk to people about Jesus and God's forgiveness, so if you believe you will go to heaven. But listen to what he said Habacuc at the end of his little book. It is the answer that he gave to God "I heard and my lips tremble ... I tremble and wait in silence on the day of trouble when the enemy will march against the people to attack him ... But I rejoice in the Lord, exult in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord is my strength and He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and I will walk on the heights " (Habakkuk 3:17-19).
"What did Habakkuk then," asked a boy.
"I do not know, but some have continued to talk to people and help them believe in God! How should we do, too, "concluded the teacher.
Habakkuk, like us, they made the applications. God answered him directly, we find the answers in the Bible. Therefore it is important to read and never consider any part unimportant.
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