How To Hold On

Habakkuk:  Hold on to Faith

How to Hold On

Habakkuk 3

Habakkuk:

·                One of the Minor Prophets

·                Served God right before Israel was taken captive by           Babylon

·                Habakkuk means “to wrestle and to embrace”

Bad news can shake a person’s faith.

how Habakkuk held on

He remembered what God had done.  (2)

He trusted that God was in control of his present.  (3-15)

He continued to pray for deliverance.  (2)

He accepted his situation.  (16)

He determined to praise God in spite of hardship. (17-18)

17Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

Today’s Takeaways

 1.       It is appropriate for us to ask God to change our     circumstances.

2.        Our personal comfort should not dictate our faith in          God's ability. 

3.        Our faithfulness cannot be conditional.

4.        God's unconditional love in Jesus is the anchor that           secures our faith.