1. Is God in control? Habakkuk’s journey from why to worship

2. WHY? Habakkuk 1

3. Why?
Who is in control?
Experience that contradicts a bland confidence in God
Biblical faith: a point of tension

4. 1. Habakkuk’s problem 1:1-4 Carrying a burden 1:1
Terrible spiritual and moral decline
Calling for help 1:2-4
Why? How long?

5. 2. God’s purpose 1:5-11 God is at work 1:5 God is in control 1:6
I am raising up the Babylonians’
God is in control 1:6
‘He started the historical process, He is controlling it, and He is going to end it.’

6. 3. Habakkuk’s perplexity 1:12-17
Confidence 1:12
God’s commitment
God’s eternity
God’s purpose

7. 3. Habakkuk’s perplexity 1:12-17
Contradiction 1:13-17
‘Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil’ v13
‘How long?’ v17

8. 4. Christian spirituality
Confronting reality
Praying honestly
Affirming certainty

9. Is God in control? Habakkuk’s journey from why to worship