Laura Bennet – Author

Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. states in his devotional, Draw the Circle,

“…we have a natural tendency to remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember.”

Isn’t that the truth?

How many things pop into our minds when we least expect or want them to? But if someone asks what our pastor taught on Sunday or what verse we studied this week could we remember? You know what I mean. It happens.

Maybe that is why in Habakkuk chapter 2, God tells us to write down the vision.

That is the very reason I keep a journal and write in it almost every day. I write verses that stand out to me, prophetic words I hear or read, quotes from books, dreams, ideas, revelations, plans, and most importantly my prayers: the requests and what God says to me or does in response.

In the first chapter of this book, Habakkuk is crying out to God about the evil in the world. God says that Habakkuk wouldn’t believe what God was going to do even if he told him. But he does go on to tell him.

And that’s also when he reminds him to write it down!

I can imagine him saying something like “write this down now because you’re not going to believe it.”

God is doing things right now in our lives, our families, our cities, states, nations, and the world that we can’t see. He’s always at work behind the scenes. Some of what he’s doing that we can see we may be thinking is unbelievable.

He’s uncovering hidden evil. (You can find true journalism in Epoch Times.)

People are running to Jesus and throwing down their addictions. (Check out Sean Feucht and Let Us Worship.)

But he gave us some additional instruction about writing down the visions he’s revealing. In taking apart each sentence, word by word, of this chapter, this is what I see:

1. Stand where God has placed us. Stand firm. Don’t be moved. We are where he wants us for a reason. He wants to show us great things.
2. Station ourselves to see what God is doing. A watchman stands at a lookout point so as not to miss anything important. We need to do the same.
3. Look and listen for what God will say to us. He will speak if we’re looking for it and listening for his voice.
4. Write down what he says plainly. Don’t complicate it with our own understanding or trying to figure something out. God’s ways may not always be easy, but they are simple.
5. Wait. Patiently. Even if it seems like it’s taking too long. His perfect plan will come in his perfect timing. Don’t quit before the revelation plays out. We may wait long, but it will come suddenly.

No matter what God is doing in and through each of us, the bottom line is the end result. People will know that he is God when they see his glory, and everything will be silenced in awe of him.

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord…” vs.14

“The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.” Vs.20

What are you writing down today?