I will climb up to my watchtower
    and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the Lord says
    and how He will answer my complaint. Habakkuk 1:1

The watchtower is the place for the prophet. As a prophet, Habakkuk is one who climbs to a high vantage point to see the danger in the distance before anyone at ground level is aware of it. He is the voice of God and the conscience of society, and a champion and guardian of the covenants. Habakkuk is a social critic mandated by God to speak truth to power and challenge corrupt leaders and influencers.

But this time, Habakkuk is simply trying to hear from God.

When he finally hears, God says, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others” (Hab. 2:1). And what is that answer? We don’t know for sure. That’s why this book is so relevant today. We’re still waiting. We do know that the answer is for a future time. It describes the end and how it will be fulfilled. But as we near the end, I believe part of the answer comes new to every generation. That’s why we have prophets still today. They hear the answer for the next generation and write it down so that it can be carried abroad. That’s what we intend to do here.

So what is Habakkuk going to write down on those tablets? Actually, the real question is what are we going to write down? This book is not finished.

“No reason to get excited,” the thief, he kindly spoke

“There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke

But you and I, we’ve been through that, and this is not our fate

So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late” – Bob Dylan (the prophet)