When God Seems Wrong 11/01/20

Habakkuk:  Holding on to Faith

When God Seems Wrong

Habakkuk 1:1-11

We like life to be fair; life is often not fair. 

Injustice can lead us to question God, His goodness and His plan. 

Habakkuk, the man:

Habakkuk was a Minor Prophet, a prophet who wrote less material and about whom we know little. 

He served God around 600 BC, when the sovereignty of the nation of Judah was threatened by the Chaldeans (Babylonians).  

The name Habakkuk means to wrestle and to embrace. 

The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.  

Hebrews 1:1

Massa:  a burdensome utterance. 

Habakkuk’s problems:

1.        God doesn’t seem to care.   (2)

2.       God could do something, but He is not.  (3)

3.         What God is allowing does not seem just.  (4)

God’s response:

1.  I am going to do something big. (5)

2.  I am going to do something big, but it might not be what you want.  (6-11)

3.  I am completely in control of what is going on.  (5) 

Today’s Takeaways

  A deeply committed believer can express questions and faith at the same time. 

  God is working, even when we think He is not.

  God is sovereign even over things that we do not like.

  God uses hardship to help us to grow in our faith.  

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 

5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him. 

James 1:2; 5

  The Gospel give us confidence that God can be trusted in hardship.