I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected. (Habakkuk 2:1 (NKJV))

Are you willing to be corrected? That’s kind of a loaded question. On the one hand, many of us would say yes. Yet, on the other hand, we don’t think we’re wrong. So, maybe you wouldn’t be willing – at least not right away.

But maybe we should be – especially when we come to God. After all, God is the source of truth. He knows all things. If it’s between our word and God’s, God is right 100% of the time.

And that’s the attitude Habakkuk had. Habakkuk came to God and told God how he saw things. But then he waited for God’s correction. Notice that Habakkuk didn’t say if he would be corrected but when.

Habakkuk knew his perspective probably didn’t line up with God’s truth. Why? Because God’s ways and thoughts are higher than ours. As God said:

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8–9 (NKJV))

Simply put, God is God, and we are not.

Unlike Habakkuk, we sometimes come to God to try to impose our will on Him. We tell God all about a situation – what we think and how we feel. Then, instead of waiting for God’s correction, we ask God to follow our plan. After all, we think we know the best way to fix it. We pray something like: Dear Lord, This is what’s wrong with that person and that situation. And here’s what I want You to do about it. Everything would be great if You would just . . . .

But what if we were more like Habakkuk? What if we poured our hearts out to God – how we see things and what we think about a situation – and then waited for God’s correction? Instead of coming up with how you think God should solve your problem, wait on Him by praying and reading His Word. Ask God what He wants to show you. Then wait for His response – and His correction.

As you pray and read the Bible, God will align your thoughts with His. He will correct you and make you more and more like Jesus. And that’s the end goal – to be molded into His image and not the other way around. How beautiful it is when we finally come to the point of being willing to receive God’s correction like Habakkuk.

So, are you willing to be corrected? Let’s remember that God’s correction is making us more like Jesus, submitting our will to His, as we walk by faith with Him.

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