Connect Habakkuk 3:6 with another scripture about God's authority over the earth. Habakkuk 3:6—Unshakable Authority “He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. The ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.” Psalm 24:1-2—The Earth Belongs to the Lord “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. For He founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.” Connecting the Passages • Both texts picture God as the rightful owner and ruler of the physical world. • Habakkuk highlights His power to “measure” and “shake” creation; Psalm 24 reveals His prior act of founding and sustaining it. • Mountains collapse at His presence (Habakkuk 3:6), yet the same Lord firmly establishes the earth on the waters (Psalm 24:2)—complete authority from creation to judgment. • Nations are “startled” (Habakkuk 3:6), while every inhabitant is already claimed as His possession (Psalm 24:1): sovereignty over peoples as well as landscapes. Echoes Throughout Scripture • Job 38:4-11—God questions Job about laying earth’s foundations. • Isaiah 66:1—“Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool.” • Colossians 1:16-17—All things were created through and for Christ, and “in Him all things hold together.” Living in the Light of God’s Dominion • Confidence: The Lord who founded the earth can stabilize a shaking world. • Humility: Every corner of creation, including our lives, remains under His rightful claim. • Worship: Awe naturally rises when recognizing the everlasting ways (Habakkuk 3:6) behind the world’s very existence (Psalm 24:2). |