Habakkuk 1:5
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
Habakkuk 1:5 is God's direct answer to the prophet's cry, declaring that within the lifetime of those then living He Himself would direct the affairs of nations. The work announced was judgment upon Judah for turning from Him, accomplished by bringing Babylon against it. It would come as a sudden invasion by the Chaldeans, who would carry captive Judah's princes and people and lay waste its cities, villages, and fields.
The verse also means that God will do an unexpected work in His people's own day, one they will scarcely believe even when told. In that work He will raise up and honor those taught by His Spirit and by the Holy Spirit, exalting them to do His service. He will not rely on outward training in scientific institutions or on human learning, thereby showing He is not dependent on learned, self-important men to accomplish His work.
For that reason the verse teaches that God's methods may differ from human plans and ideas. His work is not to be rejected simply because it arrives through unexpected channels. Nor is it to be set aside merely because it does not come through the leaders people anticipated.