AND SO DO I HABAKKUK HAS A PROBLEM. WHAT RULES MY LIFE? DO MY CIRCUMSTANCES PUSH ME AROUND? I REACT TO LIFE THEREFOR I AM NOT IN CHARGE CHRISTIANS HAVE.

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AND SO DO I HABAKKUK HAS A PROBLEM

WHAT RULES MY LIFE? DO MY CIRCUMSTANCES PUSH ME AROUND? I REACT TO LIFE THEREFOR I AM NOT IN CHARGE CHRISTIANS HAVE AN ADDED PROBLEM BELIEVEING IN GOD ADDS TO MY ALREADY PROBLEMATIC LIFE

HABUKKUK 1:3 “GOD, WHY DO YOU IDLY LOOK AT WRONG?” GOD IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THE EVIL IN THE WOLD HE IS IGNORING INJUSTICE, CORRUPTION, POVERTY, EXPLOITATION, ABUSE ECONOMIC WOES, FLOODS, FIRES, CYCLONES HE DOES NOTHING ABOUT THE SUFFERING

HABUKKUK 1:5-11 “DOING NOTHING”, REPLIES GOD, “I AM GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORSE!” GOD IS GOING TO USE BABYLON TO PUNISH HIS PEOPLE BUT THE BABYLONIANS ARE WORSE THAN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH

PROBLEM WITH GOD 1:12-2:1 GOD IS ACTING OUT OF CHARACTER, VERSE 13 NOT BEHAVING AS WE EXPECT GOD DISAPPOINTS US, FAILS US HABAKKUK TOOK HIS PROBLEM TO GOD

GOD’S RESPONSE 2:4 LOOK BEYOND THE FRUSTRATING PRESENT THOSE WHO PLEASE GOD SHALL LIVE BY THEIR FAITHFULNESS JEREMIAH 29:11 A FUTURE AND A HOPE IS PROMISED PHILIPPIANS 1:6 HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BRING IT TO COMPLETION GOD CAN BE TRUSTED, HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING

GOD’S RESPONSE 2:14 AT PRESENT GOD’S WORK MAY BE INVISIBLE BUT ONE DAY GOD WILL GO PUBLIC REVELATION 21:3-4 GOD WILL DWELL WITH US AND WE WILL BE HIS PEOPLE REVELATION 22:4 WE WILL SEE HIS FACE

GOD’S RESPONSE 2:20 HUMANS MAY APPEAR TO BE DOING THEIR OWN THING THINGS MAY APPEAR TO BE IN CHAOS BUT GOD IS STILL IN CHARGE WAIT FOR HIM

HABUKKUK’S RESPONSE 3:16b-19 I WILL WAIT FOR THE DAY WHEN HE WILL CLEAN UP THE MESS EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING HAS GONE/IS GOING WRONG YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD HE IS MY STRENGTH/ENABLER MY LIFE WILL NOT BE RULED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING AROUND ME

THE REAL PROBLEM NOT THE SITUATION BUT GOD’S INACTIVITY HOW DID HABUKKUK HANDLE IT? HE TOOK IT TO GOD. GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SOLVE IT. LISTEN FOR HIS ANSWER