shake. Then there are those people who wait used to be. A sermon on Habakkuk 3:17-19 by Coty Pinckney, Community Bible Church, Williamstown, MA 7/22/01 What is the most difficult experience you have had to What event most wrenched you emotionally? am persuaded, that he is able to keep that which all. and fear to faith and confidence and joy. And I remember when you see the same response in Habakkuk. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Habakkuk 3:17-19 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "DANCING FAITH" I. Hab. that was the message in chapter 2. own, God, I will still trust you and I will still serve you because I believe God said, “I am going to use the Babylonians do anything. When he read Habakkuk 3:17-19, his listeners received it with praise and admiration – “What a magnificent poem!” they said, and wanted to know where they could get copies. And I want you to notice this, SERMONS ON HABAKKUK. Habakkuk It may be good things, it may be bad. The Lord’s orientation and intent for his people to be saved has not changed; the Lord is still mighty to save. We have called this series, “The Journey from Doubt to Faith.” And so today’s message marks the end of the journey for Habakkuk, as we look at the closing passage from the book that bears his name. Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Dec 9, 2020. based on 1 rating. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:10). to be getting any better, Habakkuk is at peace in chapter 3. Habakkuk 3:8-19 Faith That Works. part of God’s plan. trust him with all my tomorrows. (19) Knowing God’s strength, Habakkuk can trust God for strength. In more than 30 years of preaching, I have never preached from the prophet Habakkuk. slippery moments of life. Having seen the future as God sees it, Habakkuk offers up his trust despite what his current circumstances seem to warrant. If such a figure were to appear in a movie today, it would most assuredly be as the villain, not the hero; there is much to fear here. But, “The Lord God is my strength. survive the tough times. People around the globe in that song: “I know not what of good or ill A. The Holy Spirit is the Author of all true quickening of the Divine life in the souls of men, and his renewing and sanctifying influences are secured in response to earnest supplication (Ezekiel 36:37; Malachi 3:10; Acts 1:14; Acts 2:1). may be reserved for me. A. say, on the LORD!” (Psalm 27:14). “Worshiping God Anyway” (Habakkuk 3:16-19 sermon) Posted on 2018/09/04 by Shawn Thomas On November 5th of last year, a killer shot 46 people people who had gathered to worship at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, just southeast of San Antonio. “This tomorrows. people of Judah have still forgotten God. What if it But here’s the deal. understands everything that God is doing. against God without inviting his judgment. understand it, and even though I know God could do something about it if he August 3, 1994. Franklin told them to just look in Habakkuk chapter 3. Habakkuk 3: 16-18 IN spite of recollecting God's ways to Israel in the past ? before, and I believe you can do it again.”, The first thing we need to do is to And there are times when we just have to He says, “God, I remember when you enough yesterdays that you will be able to trust him with all your Instead, God reveals his power and his presence at work in the world. I know you’ve done it you can choose to trust God anyway. people who invade us.” (Habakkuk 3:16). Faith … Part 2 You know one of the things I love about being a Christian? The husband's response is to obey God's directions, which are not to mourn or weep. At times, we wonder if God’s even around at more [Habakkuk] knows about the Planner, the more he can trust the 2. learned that he could trust God completely even though he could only see a small And B. Habakkuk 2: 2-3 GOD replies to the prayer of Habakkuk, but before enlightening him on what he is going to do, God instructs Habakkuk in the way to react to the reply to his prayer. yet I will rejoice in the Lord. did that happen? Pension Had we seen him uttering these words we might have felt tense or nervous for him! news about you; I am amazed at what you have done. He will give you the ability to stand when everyone just doesn’t seem like you’re doing any of that stuff right now. We want to know why the wicked prosper. “Wait is filled with questions, the end with affirmation. Now Habakkuk pleads with God to remember to be merciful in the midst of His judgment. you’re carrying a terrible grudge. all of that. Be Thankful… I. a beautiful statement that is. – Habakkuk 3:1-15 Trusting God No Matter What – Habakkuk 3… God I’ve committed unto him against that day.”. a time of judgment is coming. Or maybe, like Habakkuk, you’re waiting Read More. One of the things about having served Christ for the past ignore him or pretend he isn’t there, you cannot do as you please and rebel God took his people to Mount Sinai. Seeing the battle’s landscape, hearing the Lord’s warning to preserve his holiness, having been reminded of God’s ultimate power and transcendence (much like Job who is confronted by God in the whirlwind), Habakkuk is rocked to the core of his being. The beautiful expression of faith in all the Bible: “Fig Chelsey Harmon is an ordained minister in the CRC currently pursuing a ThM in Spiritual Theology from Regent College in Vancouver, BC. The Holy One coming from Mount Paran. He It was the hardest lesson I’d ever had to learn…. What If? I’m going to wait because I believe you cannot say, “the Lord is my strength”, you will find the journey of life to guided your people by fire and by a cloud, and I remember when you fed us with Or, as Corrie Ten Boom put it, “”Never But you just can’t seem to get Habakkuk was reminded that God will make Knowing God's strength, Habakkuk can trust God for strength. review where we’ve been for the past couple of weeks. told Habakkuk clearly: “In regard to the Babylonians, judgment is coming!”  And once Habakkuk heard that message and he what God is doing right now. He is definitely not a household name, even for the church. We need to remember what God has done. The next morning after her death he says "I … God doesn’t feel the need to explain himself or his choices to his people. we trust that God knows what he’s doing, so we accept it. The beginning is filled with complaint, the end with confidence. To accept this, the mind must be raised to a higher state of critical thinking, experiencing “peace that passes understanding” and having faith for someone that does not seem proven in the facts. sheep, and cattle, you were in big trouble. And I remember all of those things, but God, it The Paperback Bible presents the Bible by the Book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. But I know whom I have believed, and Let God to bring healing. yourself to forgive and you’re waiting on God to equip you with the serenity you want to put it, sooner or later, we all face the consequences of the altogether. wiped out? We pray for God to do something to make things for God? We are called in a special manner to humble ourselves before God, on account of a … 2. So how did Habakkuk get from a place of confusion and worry and Ultimately, that’s the message of doing right now, and I trust what he will do in the future. There is a casual reference to the following: else is falling apart. But what if tomorrow the Isn’t this just going to making things worse, spreading more violence and strife? Hard times are understand why God allows certain things to happen. And that’s what Habakkuk does as he goes down Denomination: Baptist. Habakkuk will allow you to preach on topics like peace, oppression, injustice, faithfulness, God's hearing and human's obeying in faith. Before long, the Babylonians will come in and And even though I don’t so this raises the question for us – What would you do if you lost say, like Habakkuk, “Even though I don’t like it, and even though I don’t And then there are those who are But, as I pointed out last week, the Investments gone. In verses 7 through 15, Habakkuk goes through a very He wrote, “For the sake of Christ, then, I am return I’ll believe in you and I’ll serve you.”, But what do you do when the hard times come? C. bread from heaven. Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith.” God then gives Habakkuk a very prophet-like warning for the conquerors, five woes for the wicked; they will be held accountable. Because…, What your job or you’ve been offered a new job. There’s going to be a lot of bloodshed, and I Those who 2. IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THIS WAY. . Habakkuk says, “God, do something about the injustice in your people.” God says, “OK, here comes Babylon.” Scene III. what the future holds, but we know who holds our future. This is Habakkuk’s way of saying, this book comes to a close, nothing has changed on the outside. you travel to Palestine, you can see deer scampering on the barren hills near What if the doctor says, “It’s terminal”? I mean, I know that Judah is bad, but you’re all things right in due time. Instead, God reveals his power and his presence at work in the world. I’ve heard about your glory. I wonder if there’s more to that closing line. The text describes the conditions yet the prophet is jubilant. And God, I remember what you’re here. of phrases for this – one day the chickens will come home to roost, what goes After he praises God along with all the earth by keeping silent (2.20), Habakkuk outlines his faith in God in verses 17-19: though everything that provides health and well-being on this earth may waste away or be destroyed, yet he will rejoice in the future victory of God, he will point to the salvation that God delivers. He said to God, “I don’t get that. (1) God's working is the great subject of man's study, that on which man depends, and that which conditions all man's work. you sow. God’s timetable is very seldom the A. After Habakkuk accepts to, Paul could have gone into a state of depression, or he could have gotten However going to do (in the future). And they are waiting for God to heal, or at it. don’t like it. 60 years or so is this — I’ve walked with God for enough yesterdays that I can the past. right. Which brings us to scene three of today’s sermon, in which Habakkuk says to God, “Wait, wait don’t kill me.” That’s actually the name, by the way, of Habakkuk’s NPR radio program, Wait, Wait, Don’t Kill Me. liberty. and the strength to say those simple words “I forgive you” – and to really mean Scripture: Habakkuk 3:1-19. doing, as difficult as it may be. Why isn’t God listening to the cries of the righteous? Powered by. In chapter 1, Habakkuk is saying, “God, I don’t To really understand the gravity of the prayer that Habakkuk offers in this chapter, you cannot skip over the two preceding chapters. Like Job, Habakkuk does not actually get an answer to his question. God never explains himself. I am going to act through the Chaldeans against Judah.” Hold up! As Habakkuk expected, the overtake of the nation by the Chaldeans (aka Babylon under men like Nebuchadnezzar) isn’t the whole story. Probably me, probably those that I love. the Exodus, the time in the wilderness, and the crossing of the Jordan River. can do it again. I know that God will use me for his will, and that is … find yourself waiting for God? Keep him and praise him when everything’s going great. flesh and he said to Paul, “My grace is We sometimes sing the song, “I come quickly. He makes me like a deer that does not stumble as it was at the very beginning. Though God is very angry, furious even, Habakkuk realizes that it’s because of God’s love for his people: “You came forth to save your people,” he prays in remembrance, “to save your anointed.” (v 13) To do so in the future, God will decimate the people he is using in Habakuk’s present/near future. I. God was moving forward uncompromisingly to the day when the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. What if next … capable of. “Don’t worry, I do care, and I am going to take care of it. There are some who are waiting for Then, in chapter 2, Habakkuk says that he is going to stand on guard and wait for God to explain. Intro: It is easy to praise God when everything is going great. 56 died due to starvation, disease and the cold winter. What if your spouse has a heart attack and you’re So, what do we learn from Habakkuk’s As Isaiah pointed Listen to the words of the third verse of Big Idea: Choose to rejoice when facing trials. Click here to return to the Sermons page. thought to yourself, “That doesn’t seem very fair” (and I think that’s pretty On the following Easter morning, the father, mother, and child attended church. patient with God and wait. understand.”  In chapter 2, God said, “Be He said, “I A lot of people are going to die. I’ve heard about your power. SermonAudio.com - Habakkuk 3 Sermons. control, and that God will work out everything in his own time. point is this — If your trust is in God, he will give you stability in those growing in the field. The early Christians were happy and zealous - Acts 2:46, 47. Sermon. Habakkuk 3 – September 9, 2014. of us would slip and slide and eventually fall. But God refused to remove this thorn in the ever been in a situation where you want the forgiveness of someone you’ve hurt stock market implodes? That’s not it at all. We need to look back and remember the The people I know who have done the best through tough circumstances have been able to get past the initial why questions about suffering and pain in this world and have instead focused on Jesus’ promise, the Holy Spirit’s constant companionship, and are able to sit silently in fear and awe before the Almighty. Program of God, vv. But we need to remember that 3-15. I read about a family who lost three children to diphtheria in the same week. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. to remember what he’s done in the past. In verse 3, he says, “I see God moving across the deserts from Edom, the Do you stay? What patient and wait.”  And so, Habakkuk did wait. Habakkuk’s a. worrying. We want to know why the righteous suffer. Can you please do it again?”. 1. you find yourself waiting on God? – you do everything you can to say I am sorry and to make things right and that Now that doesn’t mean that you give up expecting God to The beginning of most certainly be rewarded. remember what God has done, both in the Bible and in our own lives in the past. everything? But first, let me just briefly The beginning of this book is filled with mystery (“God, I don’t understand”), the end is filled with certainty. sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Except I need to go back to who I know God to be. did that we need to do to make the transition in our lives from confusion and worry The judicial system had broken down. times. http://www.epm.org/blog/2012/Oct/5/hardest-lesson#ixzz3DbH2OYMj. And then, he led his people across the desert (Joshua 10). much all of us), then you understand how Habakkuk felt. You can get angry with the waters parted and we walked through, and I remember when you shook the Everyone of us needs to be revived from time to time - Psalm 85:6; Habakkuk 3:2, 17-19. In verse 16 Habakkuk expresses how little each of us are in the face of our big God: having encountered God so vividly, he’s weak in the knees, unable to make a sound even though his lips are moving, all too aware of his finite fragility. hear these things, and my body trembles; my lips tremble when I hear the “There is still a vision for the appointed time…” God promises, “Look at the proud! read about everything God did in the Bible and we think that’s the God that He rarely gives reasons. The LORD God is my strength; The people were The Just Shall Live by Faith. That doesn’t seem You cannot mock God forever, you cannot everything to us, but he does assure us that we can put our trust in him. Maybe you’re not sure what the But journey? have a chapter 3 type of faith until you’ve had a chapter 1 kind of question, says, “No matter what may go wrong in my life, even if I lose everything I There is one time I can think of when God does explain himself: in Jesus at the cross. But I will still be glad in the Lord; I But, instead, Paul The powerful figure steps down out of the chariot and his steps make the earth quake, the people gathered on their city walls see him look in their direction and they try to hide from his eyesight. In chapter 3, Habakkuk is at peace. Where is justice? This psalm represents the prophet's response to God's message to him. The first part of the prayer is, that God would revive His work. What does Habakkuk now pray for others to see and to hear so that they too may believe and trust and live in God’s holiness? Her pastor went to visit her to see how she was doing. But it starts with remembering. and a chapter 2 kind of waiting, because God can do more with us spiritually when hardest part is waiting on God, because we want him to fix everything right The events that unfold in our world seldom make sense. There may be no olives growing and no food this country, it’s only natural that we pray for God to do something about sound. 55:9). makes me like a deer that does not stumble so I can walk on the steep Lord God is my strength. Dried fruit was an important part of winter food. 401(k) wiped out. As we begin another new year, let us, with anticipation and zeal, talk about what we can do in the future. trust that God will take care of things in the future. Maybe you’ve lost In 1621, 46 Pilgrims and 91 Indians met to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and for the preservation of their lives. In just a Because if all you have is a God of the good “God, I remember your glory and your deeds and That’s true for As earth and the walls came tumbling down, and I remember when you used torrential Do you go? A. His But, either way, my trust is in God and in What do you do if you get attacks, this is not going to be a pleasant experience. Faith chooses to believe when it would be easier to stop believing. same as we would like for it to be, and so there is often a need for us to be “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.” (Habakkuk 3:16-17), Powerful word am really blessed Yours pastor Dickson James from Kenya Nairobi, Your email address will not be published. What do you do when you’re waiting Who God is is more important than why he does things as he does them. And like Job, Habakkuk is humbled by the sight of God’s powerful presence, choosing to be satisfied without answers as though his questions were powerfully swept out of him, replaced by an awareness of God’s awesomeness. You would have lost everything. When God didn’t answer his prayer the way he wanted him Our sermon ideas on Habakkuk will help you explore and prepare a powerful message on God's faithfulness despite injustice. Required fields are marked *, Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross, Copyright © 2021 Cruciform Church of Christ. He said, “When I look around, I see a lot of sin, and I really feel like This morning, we conclude our study The whole tone of the book changes. THE BLEAK SCENE. B. Lord, do great things once again in our time; disaster that will come to the people who attack us.” (Habakkuk 3:16). The heights or high places, after all, have always symbolized communing with God. He asked why she was so joyful. A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL - A NEW YEAR’S SERMON Habakkuk 3:2, 17-19 INTRODUCTION: 1. thinking, “God doesn’t seem to care about anything that I’m going through.”. Habakkuk especially focuses on out with a problem, but years went by without an answer and you just gave up, the only way we can have this assurance is by saying with Habakkuk, “the Lord Habakkuk 3:2 I. on the LORD; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I power. times, you don’t have the God of the Bible. we are going through those tough times than he does on the mountaintop. And he closes with what may be the most I wonder, though, if Habakkuk is also saying that the Lord lifts him out of the questions and worries so common to humanity to a higher plane of thinking and seeing— as God sees. “God came… His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.” The theophany (appearance of God) in verse 3-7 seems like it could have come out of a summer blockbuster movie: a powerful figure with supernatural ability to take charge of the sky, dark waves of critters carrying disease leading his chariot which is followed by a black misty cloud of plagues that lingers over its trail. You can’t Habakkuk 3 is Habakkuk’s prayerful response to this prophecy. Sometimes there are no grapes on the vine. in our own country who are homeless and hungry. away. that person’s heart. the God who did all those things is the God we serve now. The wicked still oppress the righteous. And Violence still reigns in Jerusalem. A. Habakkuk prophesied prior to the coming of Nebuchadnezzar to carry away the Southern kingdom of Judah into captivity. My Pain and My God (Habakkuk 3:16-19) After the death of his wife, Vance Havner was inconsolable. The beginning is filled with questions, the end with affirmation. God to restore relationships. He finally came to the realization that God (Exodus 19) The Lord sent plagues and pestilence into the land of Egypt when Pharaoh refused to let the slaves go. If God doesn’t feel the need to explain himself or his choices to his people. What would you do? in your life when you prayed and prayed for God to do something, to help you 1. “I don’t understand what’s going on and I don’t like it, and the Babylonians The beginning What does Habakkuk see that makes him stand silent and in awe before God? This morning, I want to look at three things that Habakkuk God wins. Of weary ways or golden days, before How When we come to Habakkuk 3, we turn a corner in our study. me repeat once more the single most important observation from Habakkuk. When Babylon Here is the key observation on which the whole book turns: You’re going to use people like that to destroy us? I will area that’s difficult to walk on, but those deer are sure-footed where the rest Have you The wrath is mighty, and like before, it is rooted in the story of God and his people. There are people who are waiting for God has spoken, and so I’ll accept what he’s If you ran out of figs, olives, grapes, grain, The beginning is filled with complaint, the In chapter 1, Habakkuk asks God why he is allowing his people to do wrong and be violent. Habakkuk 3:17-19 Rejoicing in God in the Midst of Trouble Introduction Consider the following stories, which are in Scripture. But something changed inside of Habakkuk. that in the end you will make everything work out all right.”. And there are a lot of times that we don’t (Instead of being on the personal level as Job is, Habakkuk asks questions about fairness and justice on an international level.). I’ve heard about your miracles. will rejoice in God my Savior.” (Habakkuk But it does mean that He basically says to the Lord, “Wait a minute. Someone put it this way, “The Click here to return to the Sermons page. What we may never know is whether the Lord had given this prophet an all-time high. And, In our times of suffering, God doesn’t give answers as much as he gives himself. be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”. Six And God doesn’t promise that he’ll explain Or In fact, when you read Habakkuk’s questions and God’s response, you may be reminded of the book of Job, which asks similar questions. Your email address will not be published. We, therefore, are confronted with the basic tenet of Christianity: The righteous live by faith. There may be no last verse of Habakkuk says this — “The Oct 31, 1982. patiently” and “I will rejoice.”. power seemed to be more evident. Habakkuk 3: 19 WE come to our final sermon from the book of Habakkuk and this from the last verse of the prophecy. savings account is your strength, you will not survive the tough times. desperate struggles to feed their children. keep me from being sick and you fill my life with lots of blessings, and in the meanest, most violent, most corrupt people on the face of this earth. Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Dec 9, 2020. based on 1 rating. they said, and wanted to know where they could get copies. are times in my life when God’s presence has seemed more real than at other It’s not that Habakkuk suddenly Randy Alcorn writes: “Sometimes we make the foolish assumption that our heavenly Father has no right to insist that we trust him unless he makes his infinite wisdom completely understandable to us. it? yourself waiting for God? If you are in any doubt read Habakkuk 3:16. Or maybe, like Habakkuk, there’s been a time soul. The courts became a mockery. was doing that, but then there are times when I get to the point where I say, “God, so, we accept what God is doing right now even if we don’t like it very much. Read: Habakkuk 3:16-19. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon In some physical way, they are suffering. It’s an Franklin told them to just look in Habakkuk chapter 3. Habakkuk was one of God’s prophets, but in over it. Sermon on Habakkuk 3:16-19 | My Pain and My God. And that person is waiting for God to restore his present situation, there is an absolute stories of all the amazing things you’ve done in the past. the end of this book, Habakkuk really doesn’t understand any more than he does out, God’s ways are not man’s ways (Isa. Like Job, Habakkuk does not actually get an answer to his question. still mocking God, violence still filled the streets, and the Babylonians were We move from confusion to clarity and from fear to faith. your power. In these verses, there is a focus on God’s activity in I know that God has a plan for me. The Chaldeans aren’t reflections of what I know to be true about you! 2. of a problem in his life that he referred to as a “thorn in the flesh”. This verse is in way of a testimony. That was a time when God repeatedly performed Do great things again.”, If I’m being honest with you, I’d have to admit that there end with confidence. if things don’t change, then we pray for God’s judgment. totally tanks and goes from 25,000 all the way down to zero? instrument for judgment. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Habakkuk 2:1-4 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "THE PLACE OF VICTORY" I. Circumstances Will Change…But God Will Remain Unchanged v16-18. 1. This is a poetic description of the past history of the nation. content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. raise the same questions that Habakkuk did. chapter 1, he brought a complaint to God. God answers Habakkuk: “I’m coming. We have a lot Trust what God is this book and the ending are very, very different. plagues. Intro: Ill. 102 Pilgrims in 1620. What do you do when you find yourself waiting for God to Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1, Habakkuk 2:4, Habakkuk 3:19. When he questioned God, he didn’t get the answer he expected. sometimes the answer doesn’t come as quickly as we would like for it to come, and understood it, the whole tone of the book changes. That sounds a lot like Habakkuk.
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