Sermons
Habbakuk: A Burden, A Vision, and A Prayer
Habbakuk: A Burden, A Vision, and A Prayer
Habbakuk was a prophet in Babylon from 612-606 B.C.
- His Burden
- How can God seem to be so indifferent to our problems?
- Habbakuk 1:1-4
- How can God use such a wicked nation?
- Habbakuk 1:12-17
- God responds
- Habbakuk 1:5-11
2. His Vision
- God: The just live by faith
- God: The proud/wicked will be judged.
- Habbakuk 2:2-20
3. His Prayer
- Request for God's action and mercy
- Praise for past deliverance
- Renewed expression of faith regardless of God's response to requests.
- Habbakuk 3:1-19
4. Application
- Our faith shoud be a shallow faith dependant on God giving us what we want.
- Our "control" on our life is imagined. Our life relies heavily on things over which we have no control.
- When things go well, we must thank God and praise God.
- When thigns go badly, we must thank God and praise God.