Habakkuk 1:5-10: The irony of God's answer to our prayer

When Habakkuk complaint for the wickedness of His nation, God did answer his prayer by raising up the Babylonians to judge the Israeli, though the Babylonian is the people of a greater evil.

When we pray, God did answer our prayer, but in His way, not in our way.His answer is very difficult for us sometimes to perceive and understand, and we may have experience certain unpleasent circumstances' due to His inperceivable answer at this moment. I pray that God will do something for my parents. He did, but in a way not in my view. I pray for His guidance on boys-girls relation. Again, in a way that is different from my view. However, the irony is that God is answering my prayer.

'For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if you were told' (Habakkuk 1:5b)

Sometimes maybe we can't perceive His work. Sometimes maybe we just choose not to believe. Image for events happening in the world, SARS, Tsunami, poverty etc. God has its purpose on all this events, yet it is difficult to perceive and hard to swallow those people who was inflicted by these plague.

Oh God, help me to have faith in you even though your answer seems hard to perceive and swallow. As you are the God of creation and you control the history, you already have a plan in our life. Help me to be obedient in your plan.