HONESTY WITH GOD

Habakkuk 1: 1 – 4


How many of us can say that they are truly honest with God when we pray?
I am sure that we all start off giving glory to God in prayer, and asking for His help.
But, when it is time to get honest about how we feel, and even angry about our relationship with God, do we go ahead and get down and dirty with The Almighty?
The Bible teaches us that we should. We are to hold nothing back with our walk with God.

1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?
3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

I sometimes wonder why God places such a high value on honesty in our prayers, even to the extent of enduring unjust outbursts. I am startled to see how many biblical prayers seem ill-tempered. Jeremiah griped about unfairness (20:7-10); Habakkuk accused God of deafness (1:2); Job conceded, “What profit do we have if we pray to Him?” (21:15). The Bible teaches us to pray with blistering honesty. God wants us to come to Him with our complaints. If we march through life pretending to smile while inside we bleed, we dishonor the relationship. 

So, how you doin' with that honesty thing?