What makes Habakkuk worthy of the knowledge of God’s divine plan?

While reading Habakkuk, I found it strange that God would answer Habakkuk so directly. God didn’t feel the need to answer Job when he asked “Why?” In fact Job was more than chastised for asking WHY. In Job chapters 38-41, God goes off on a tangent about how almighty and powerful He is to Job. I personally think that Job deserved an answer way more than Habakkuk. Habakkuk not only gets one answer out of God but question after question God gives an answer. How fair is that? What are we to get out of this dialog between the two? 

William Mounce discusses on his webpage http://www.biblicaltraining.org/wiki/Habakkuk_and_Faith_%2852_Stories_-_William_Mounce%29 the possible reasons God revealed his plan to Habakkuk. Mounce’s view is a lesson if Faith. God was trying to teach Habakkuk that He would work all things out. Habakkuk doesn’t like answer number one so he ask question number two. God continues to answer him to demonstrate His all-knowing power to mankind. 

At http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Habakkuk-Sermon.pdf, David Ahl explains that even the structure of the Book of Habakkuk is different than that of any other prophet. He explains that it is more closely structured like literature than the other Books. Ahl also develops the lesson we are to gain from reading Habakkuk. He states that we should learn to ask God if we have questions, be patient for answers, and have faith that God has our best interest at heart. This is pretty close to the way I perceived this Book of the Bible. It is written so that the reader can understand question is asked, God answers, but not the way we expect. Also that God is all-knowing. So basically it is a lesson in trust. 

Looking at these two stories between Habakkuk and Job we can see similarities and differences. Job had already come through his trials and troubles. He was questioning God’s motives. Habakkuk was at the midst of his troubles and trying to find a way out of his current situation. He needs God to reassure him that things were going to work out in the end. I think this is the fundamental difference between the two stories that the Hebrew writers wanted us to pick up on. Job, while blameless ask the question of “WHY ME”, and Habakkuk questions are more “WHY DO YOU DO SOMETHING FIX ALL OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD?” Even though the answers that God gives are not what Habakkuk wants to hear, I think it shows that God does care and has his people’s best interest at heart.