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1 The Story of Habakkuk

2 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer s; he makes me tread on my high places. (Hab. 3:17-19)

3 Question 1: Where is God and why is He not doing something? (Hab. 1:2-4)

4 There is nothing wrong with a believer wrestling with the problems of life and seeking to solve them. Sometimes it seems as though God does not care; it appears that He has forsaken His own and is helping the heathen. How many millions of believers have been martyred for their faith. Can we honestly worship, trust, and serve a God whose ways are so seemingly contradictory? Warren Wiersbe

5 Question 1: Where is God and why is He not doing something? (Hab. 1:2-4) Answer: God is doing something, but often in a way you will not understand (1:5-17)

6 Question 1: Where is God and why is He not doing something? (Hab. 1:2-4) Answer: God is doing something, but often in a way you will not understand (1:5-17) Question 2: What am I to do when I don t understand what God is doing? (Hab. 2:1-4)

7 Question 1: Where is God and why is He not doing something? (Hab. 1:2-4) Answer: God is doing something, but often in a way you will not understand (1:5-17) Question 2: What am I to do when I don t understand what God is doing? (Hab. 2:1-4) Answer: Wait on the Lord and walk by faith.

8 Wait on the Lord with a teachable spirit (2:1). Walk by Faith with a trusting heart (2:2-4)

9 Wait on the Lord with a teachable spirit (2:1). Humbly acknowledge you can t see the future. Walk by Faith with a trusting heart (2:2-4)

10 Wait on the Lord with a teachable spirit (2:1). Humbly acknowledge you can t see the future. God s timing, while different than your own, is perfect (Hab. 2:2-3; Ecc 3:1-11). Walk by Faith with a trusting heart (2:2-4)

11 Wait on the Lord with a teachable spirit (2:1). Humbly acknowledge you can t see the future. God s timing, while different than your own, is perfect (Hab. 2:2-3; Ecc 3:1-11). Walk by Faith with a trusting heart (2:2-4)

12 1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. 3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. 4 A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. 5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

13 6 A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. 7 A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. 8 A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace. 9 What do people really get for all their hard work? 10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all. 11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God s work from beginning to end.

14 Wait on the Lord with a teachable spirit (2:1). Humbly acknowledge you can t see the future. God s timing, while different than your own, is perfect (Hab. 2:2-3; Ecc 3:1-11). Walk by Faith with a trusting heart (2:2-4) Humbly acknowledge you re not all knowing.

15 Wait on the Lord with a teachable spirit (2:1). Humbly acknowledge you can t see the future. God s timing, while different than your own, is perfect (Hab. 2:2-3; Ecc 3:1-11). Walk by Faith with a trusting heart (2:2-4) Humbly acknowledge you re not all knowing. God s character forms the foundation for a growing trust.

16 He is an Everlasting God (Hab. 1:12). He is an Ordaining God (Hab. 1:12). He is a Holy God (Hab. 1:13).

17 He is an Everlasting God (Hab. 1:12). Nothing escapes His attention on the time line. (Psa. 90:2) He is an Ordaining God (Hab. 1:12). He is a Holy God (Hab. 1:13).

18 He is an Everlasting God (Hab. 1:12). Nothing escapes His attention on the time line. (Psa. 90:2) He is an Ordaining God (Hab. 1:12). No event happens that God does not control (Dan. 4:35) He is a Holy God (Hab. 1:13).

19 He is an Everlasting God (Hab. 1:12). Nothing escapes His attention on the time line. (Psa. 90:2) He is an Ordaining God (Hab. 1:12). No event happens that God does not control (Dan. 4:35) He is a Holy God (Hab. 1:13). No unjust or sinful act will ever go unpunished (Hab. 2:6-20; Deut. 32:4)

20 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer s; he makes me tread on my high places. (Hab. 3:17-19)

21 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer s; he makes me tread on my high places. (Hab. 3:17-19)

22 I may not know where He leads, but well I know my God. - Martin Luther

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