What Goes Around Comes Around
Habakkuk 2
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 15-16) " 'How horrible it will be for the one who makes his neighbor drink from the bowl of God's rage, making him drunk in order to stare at his nakedness.' You are filled with disgrace rather than glory. Drink! Yes you! And expose yourself as godless. The cup in the LORD's right hand will come around to you. and disgrace will cover your glory."
My Thoughts
Habakkuk 2 says that those who cause harm to others will receive the same in return from God. Quite literally what goes around comes around. And it will. Maybe not in this lifetime, but when their physical bodies die.
Those especially who make others incur God's wrath, will themselves receive God's wrath. This particular book is about Habakkuk's complaints about things to God, and God's answer to him. Habakkuk was upset that wicked people seemed to have all the success. God's answer to that was that they would be punished in the end. During their lifetime, their success would not make them happy.
These people that Habakkuk were talking about either stepped on others in order to be successful, and/or, they praise themselves and their tools by which they became successful. This is not at all the right way to go about things. God can give us success without the use of any kind of tool. Though I don't want to focus on the idea of idolatry right now.
People who step on others to gain success are likely to be stepped on themselves. They will cause others to stumble so that they can get ahead. God will knock them back down. People who do this kind of thing are not likely to continue having such 'good luck,' it will eventually run out and they will be at the bottom once again.
Even for the time that they are at the top, they won't have much joy or happiness because of it. That's their punishment. Gain the whole world, but lose your soul, again, quite literally. I would much rather have few things and accomplishments and little success and be happy and joyful because of God, than to have everything I ever wanted and never get any joy from it.
Those especially who make others incur God's wrath, will themselves receive God's wrath. This particular book is about Habakkuk's complaints about things to God, and God's answer to him. Habakkuk was upset that wicked people seemed to have all the success. God's answer to that was that they would be punished in the end. During their lifetime, their success would not make them happy.
These people that Habakkuk were talking about either stepped on others in order to be successful, and/or, they praise themselves and their tools by which they became successful. This is not at all the right way to go about things. God can give us success without the use of any kind of tool. Though I don't want to focus on the idea of idolatry right now.
People who step on others to gain success are likely to be stepped on themselves. They will cause others to stumble so that they can get ahead. God will knock them back down. People who do this kind of thing are not likely to continue having such 'good luck,' it will eventually run out and they will be at the bottom once again.
Even for the time that they are at the top, they won't have much joy or happiness because of it. That's their punishment. Gain the whole world, but lose your soul, again, quite literally. I would much rather have few things and accomplishments and little success and be happy and joyful because of God, than to have everything I ever wanted and never get any joy from it.
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
