Sinners Are Not to Be Envied

Anyone that serves God has probably at least once become angry at the world. Not necessarily because of their sins, but because it seems that they are able to get by with those sins with no consequences.

In the book of Habakkuk, Habakkuk also felt this way about the people around him. During this time, there was much violence in Judah. The people of Judah had turned away from God, but Habakkuk stayed faithful to God. Habakkuk hated what what had happened to the people of Judah, and didn't understand why God let them by with their sins. 

This frustration leads to Habakkuk questioning God of His intentions, and in turn, God answers Habakkuk. Habakkuk questioned God why He had let violence go such a long period of time, and God answered saying that he was rising up an army of Babylonians, a very violent people, to come and take down the people of Judah. Further along, Habakkuk questioned God's intentions of why He would use such a sinful people to come destroy the city of Judah when God was supposed to love the people of Judah. God replies with saying that He would use the Babylonians because they are a fearless people, and they wouldn't back down. God also says that the Babylonians will not go unpunished though, for they have sinned as well.

No matter how it seems, no one is going to get by with their sin, for it will eventually catch up to them. It is better to live for God than to live in sin. Living for Gid will bring about a much better outcome, which will eventually be Heaven. While those that have decided to live in sin will unfortunately spend an eternity in Hell. Sinners may have a luxurious life on Earth, but their eternity will not be worth the short life lived on Earth.