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Habakkuk one, don't walk away from God, in chapter one.
Chapter two, don't quit on God, in chapter two.
Chapter one was all about wondering.
God, I know you can, I believe you will, but you're not, and I don't understand why you're not.
Chapter two is all about waiting.
Wondering is difficult.
Waiting is even more difficult.
Let me give you a little back story on the book of Habakkuk.
Most prophets would do this, they would speak to the people on behalf of God.
This is what God says to you, people.
Habakkuk was different.
He didn't speak to the people on behalf of God, instead, he actually spoke to God on behalf of the people, and said, God, I don't understand why you're not-- I don't think this is fair.
You're supposed to be a just God, but I'm not really sure you are.
Where are you God?
Why aren't you doing what I think you should do?
The people of Judah, at one time they were blessed and prosperous, but now there was tremendous corruption and they were suffering greatly.
And so Habakkuk cries out....
And God says, okay, I'm gonna raise up your enemy.
People who are even worse than you are, the Babylonians.
This doesn't make sense.
Chapter one, he's wondering, why don't you do what I want you to do.
Chapter two, he's waiting.
Today what I wanna do is get into chapter two.
I wanna look at three different things that God's word tells us to do, very specifically, three things Habakkuk does, when you're hurting, when you're wondering, when you don't know what to do.
The first thing we see is Habakkuk is going to listen to God.
Listen
What I like about this is that when God's not doing what you wanna do, some people walk away.
Some people doubt God.
Some people quit on God.
But Habakkuk doesn't do any of those things.
Instead, what he does is he positions himself in the most strategic place to see the hand of God and to hear the voice of God.
LOOK at the verse
This isn't easy to do when you're hurting, because when you're hurting, what you wanna do is you wanna tell God to do, what you want him to do, and know he should do.
If you do, we'll bring you glory and we'll brag on you.
And God, if you don't, I don't know how I can defend you, God.
It's really difficult to talk about your goodness when you don't do what I know you could do.
You want to tell God what to do instead of listening
Instead of telling him what to do at those times, it's important to listen to him.
Our God is a God who speaks.
God can speak through his word.
If you're a follower of Christ, I would beg you to be in his word every single day, to feed on his word.
He can speak through people.
He can speak through circumstances.
He can speak through a message.
He can speak through a song.
He will speak to you.
If he doesn't, don't panic.
Just because he's silent does not mean he is absent.
He is always there.
He's always with you.
Listen for the voice of God.
Sometimes when you hear from him, he's gonna tell you something that you don't wanna hear.
God, I asked you to do this, and you're doing the opposite.
That's not what I wanted to hear.
Sometimes God will speak to you and he will say something you don't want to hear.
The apostle, Paul, in the New Testament.
There's probably no better example of a guy who deserved for God to do what he asked him to do.
He had something called a thorn in his side.
We don't know what it was.
But he begged, pleaded with God three times.
Seasons of pleading, take it away, God.
I'll do anything, God, have mercy on me.
Take it away, take it away, take it away.
And God spoke to him and God did not say yes, but God said, no.
You asked, but my answer is no.
And then God said, my grace is enough for you.
Do you remember what I did for you?
Ever feel like that?
God, you remember what my family's doing for you?
Won't you get on with it, do something for us?
If I'm Paul, I'm like, okay, I was beaten for you, so many times I was left for dead, whipped across my back, shipwrecked, snake bitten.
After all I've been through for you, give me your power.
NO.
I'm gonna give you my grace.
What you want is not what I'm gonna give you.
But what I'm gonna give you is so much better.
Listen.
Number two, we write.
We write it down.
We document it.
We record what God says to us.
And this is the very thing that God says to Habakkuk.
Write
Why do we do this?
Because we have a spiritual enemy whose mission is to steal, to kill, and to destroy.
Our spiritual enemy wants to take from you what God gives to you.
God will give you a word.
God will give you faith.
God will give you a moment of peace.
And our enemy wants to take away from you the very word that God gives to you.
You got distracted.
Satan wants to take from you what God gives to you.
Write it down, document it, put it on paper.
Go back to it, hang onto it, believe it, claim it, embrace it, live in it.
Don't let your enemy take it from you.
Listen to what God will say to you.
Write it down.
And then the third thing is difficult.
It is no fun.
It's where some of you are living right now.
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