Read Habakkuk 1:12-17

 

    Judah’s forthcoming punishment would be at the hands of the Babylonians. Habakkuk was appalled that God would use a nation even more wicked than Judah to punish it. But the Babylonians did not know they were being used by God to help Judah return to Him, and Babylon’s pride in its victories would be its downfall. Evil is self-destructive, and it is never beyond God’s control. God may use whatever unusual instrument He chooses to correct or punish us. When we deserve punishment or correction, how can we complain about the kind of rod God uses on us?