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Introduction
Has God shown Himself to you in a way that causes you to worship even if fear is present and loss is before you?
Has God shown Himself to you in a way that causes you to worship even fear is present and loss is before you?
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Has God shown Himself to you in a way that causes you to worship even fear is present and loss is before you?
A family member in hospice?
A
A pending lawsuit?
A court date?
Job loss?
A
Treatment for cancer?
A husband/wife leaving home?
Bills piling up you can’t pay?
A child that is losing their way?
When was the last time you were afraid?
Worried?
Heartbroken?
In despair?
Do you remember the anxiety?
The heart pounding and the mind racing with thoughts.
Making your heart heavy, full with stress and fear.
We all have had moments of sudden or pending tragedies where we felt heaviness and anxiety.
Maybe thats some of us right now.
For some situations like this, they often prompt questions.
Why is this happening?
Why is God allowing this to happen?
Or why me?
When is this going to end?
When is this going to change?
But these situations are those that end up bringing up from deep within us what is truly there.
Has God shown Himself to you in such a way that even in pain you exalt and praise?
That even in the midst of pending tragedy and loss, you can say blessed be the name of the Lord?
Would you worship even when fear is present and loss is before you?
What is it that is left when pain and fear fill sits deep in the heart?
A person going through such pain and fear does not need the removal of pain and fear but what they need is the reminder or we can say the installment of who God is.
Because it is that reminder, the truth about who God is, that will transcend any pain and fear you go through.
God is not about removing fear and pain, though He can and has done that in our lives, more importantly, God is about installing in us the truth of who He is.
This is where worship comes from and this is what the prophet experiences in our text today.
Background
In the book of Habakkuk, we have seen things about God which I would ask us here today; what about God has been shown to us in the book of Habakkuk that would cause us to worship?
In the book of Habakkuk, we have seen things about God which I would ask us here today; what about God has been shown to us in the book of Habakkuk that would cause us to worship?
1: First what we see in this book is God speaking personally to the prophet through an oracle for His people’s sake.
God was showing the prophet through an oracle or we can say a prophecy, what was going to happen because of their turning away from Him.
What we have to understand here is that God is speaking.
Clearly and directly to the prophet about bringing about judgement because of sin.
Which is what this book is.
This reveals God as the revelator of the oracle given so that His people would know the purpose of His judgement against them.
2: Second, The book begins with the prophet asking the question of how long will God not hear the cries for justice.
There are moments where the prophet is asking of God’s silence when it came to the evil that the prophet saw presently and the evil he saw coming through the prophecy.
But, clearly we have read and seen that God is not silent.
He spoke loud and clear about what He was going to do.
This reveals God as responding loud and clear to His people.
3: We see God’s first response where He spoke of sending the Babylonians to chasten the people of God because of their sin.
Here, we see that God does not tolerate sin.
Especially from His own people.
He does punish sin.
But with His own people, He will not destroy them.
Even though they deserved that and much more.
Here, we see God bringing discipline because of their sin.
Showing that He cares eternally about His people.
4: The prophet continued to respond by asking a second set of questions about God punishing the Babylonians.
God responds with answering loud and clear that yes, they will be punished.
So much that the people of God should be grateful for what God is doing to them through the Babylonians rather than being the Babylonians who will be destroyed and not spared.
Here, we see the mercy of God on His people while pronouncing no hope on those who He allows to exile His people.
5: God reveals details about why He will bring destruction and ruin to them who are bringing destruction and ruin to God’s people.
This reveals that God does not leave sin unpunished because He is just and holy.
What about God has been shown to us in the book of Habakkuk that would cause us to worship?
It shows us that:
God, in redemptive history, has revealed Himself to the prophets and today we have His word to show us who He is.
God is not silent.
He has spoken loud and clear to us about evil and judgement.
God responded because He loves His people.
God will punish the evil doer and bring discipline to His people.
God has given specifics as to what causes His wrath and judgement.
And He has shown His mercy on His people when they have sinned against Him.
God is gracious.
He preserves His people even in the midst of bringing about judgement.
While He does not leave sin go unpunished, He will bring His own people to Himself.
This is what God has shown to us of Himself in this book.
So how does this compel worship in us today?
Have you come to truly believe that God has shown Himself to the prophets?
Have you truly believed that sin causes the judgement of God to come to pass?
Have you come to believe in the reality of the great day of the Lord?
Where He will finally bring to an end the evil doer and sin?
Do you truly believe that God will preserve you to the end?
No matter what lies before you?
Do you really believe what this book is and is saying?
If you do, then you have reason to worship!
If all of what we have seen in this book about God is true then there is no reason why we should hold back our worship.
In fact, I believe that there is an answer from God that will completely with all assurance, give the believer a response that no matter the situation, will be honorable and full with joy.
We should fear the Lord!
We should remember that even in times of despair, with no earthly resources, we can exult and rejoice in Him!
And most importantly, we should know that the Lord is our strength.
And that He will strengthen the believer, even when faced with consequences!
That is the love of God!
1: The Prophet’s Fear (v.16)
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Which is what the prophet does at the end of this book.
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