Where we have come from (readings for Sunday 6th October
Habakkuk 1.1-4, 2.1-4
Psalm 37.1-9
2 Timothy 1.1-4
Luke 17.5-10
Readings for 7th October
Psalm 3
Habakkuk 1.5-17
James 1.2-11
Readings for today
Psalm 3
Habakkuk 2.5-11
1 John 5.1-5, 13-21
thought for today
These lections from Habakkuk are a little odd - but that's partly because the Sunday OT lesson just gone was a bit of an odd selection being part of the prophets first complaint to God, and the end of his second, and the the beginning of God's first answer. I can see that the lectionary compilers were really wanting us to read chapter 2.1-4 with its famous verses about standing on the watchtower and the righteous living by faith, and then give us some context without the challenge of all of chapters 1 and 2. The daily lectionary is then trying to fill in the gaps.
So I suggest reading Habakkuk's first complaint and God's firt answer (1.1-11) and then, after a break the second round of the dialogue (1.12 - 2.19).
The key theme of Sunday's readings was of course faith. and the readings from James and 1 John help us to continue to think about faith. Faith that is both a gift from God, and a response to God's love shown in Jesus.
But apart from Hab 2.4 - I am not sure how to make an easy connection between the first 2 chapters of Habakkuk and these excerpts from non Pauline letters. Perhaps you can!
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