“WAIT FOR IT!”

 Habakkuk 2:2-3                            (ESV)

“2 And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, SO HE MAY RUN WHO READS IT. 

3 FOR STILL THE VISION AWAITS ITS APPOINTED TIME; it hastens to the end-it will not lie. If it seems slow, “WAIT FOR IT”; it will surely come; it will not delay.”

There are some who use common phrases to get a point across.  One of those phrases of recent times is “WAIT FOR IT”, requesting a listener to expect a noticeable difference in the very near future!  It might be a punchline on a joke, but the person saying “WAIT FOR IT” is confident that you will be moved by what is coming.  Sometimes the expected ends it is fantastic, and sometimes not as much.  But just saying those words is meant for people to take notice, AND PREPARE!

The LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY, instructed Habakkuk to WRITE THE VISION,  SO HE MAY RUN WHO READS IT!  In verse 9 of the same chapter GOD says “"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!”  The word “WOE” is defined as “great sorrow or distress”.  So the message is if you gain riches from evil, “WAIT FOR IT” because “it will surely come”, and this is from YAHWEH!  HIS WORD IS TRUTH!

When GOD gives us a vision of good things, a lot of the time we are excited and anxious, waiting to See what GOD has Promised.  But when GOD Promises punishment, “WAIT FOR IT”, it will surely come; it will not delay!  There are some who can’t SEE the things of GOD.  Those who EYES are yet to be OPENED probably don’t want to SEE what is coming for them!  

Colossians 3:2 states “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”  For we who can SEE our future, keeping our minds set on things that are above should be an easy task.  The same thing applies for us as for those who have punishment coming, “WAIT FOR IT”, it will surely come; it will not delay!!!