A Fork in the Road (3 of 5)
Series: How Long God? - Habakkuk
Tim Badal
Habakkuk 2:2–20
In this series, we've been looking at times when life is difficult and we ask God to answer our prayers, usually coming with preconceived ideas about how He will respond. When we're sick, we go to God and say, ''God, heal me. God, take away this issue my body is dealing with today.'' When we have emotional troubles, we ask God to take away the depression or anxiety, and we expect that He will do that. When we have relationship issues, we ask God to fix the other person or address the problem between us-and we expect that He will do what we ask.
At the end of the day, our assumption is that when we pray-just like in the fairy tales-the story line will end, ''And they lived happily ever after. They were healed. They no longer had emotional distress. The relationships were mended.'' And then everything is tied up with a nice, neat bow because God answered our prayers. But what happens in those emotional moments or those medical moments or those relational moments when you get on your knees and ask God to intervene and meet those needs-and God answers by doing the exact opposite of what you're wanting? You ask God to heal you, and God allows the medical issue to get worse. You have a relational issue, and after you pray the marriage continues to deteriorate or the friendship dissolves.
When you ask God to take away your feelings of depression, but instead He answers, ''I'm going to allow trials to come. If you thought you were anxious before, buckle your seatbelt-it's only going to get worse.'' That is what the book of Habakkuk is all about.
I know some of you haven't been here for the whole series, so let me review what we've covered so far. Habakkuk lived about 200 years after King David and King Solomon. He's proclaiming a prophetic message to the southern nation of Judah. Israel and Judah were divided, with ten tribes going north and two tribes staying in the s ...
Series: How Long God? - Habakkuk
Tim Badal
Habakkuk 2:2–20
In this series, we've been looking at times when life is difficult and we ask God to answer our prayers, usually coming with preconceived ideas about how He will respond. When we're sick, we go to God and say, ''God, heal me. God, take away this issue my body is dealing with today.'' When we have emotional troubles, we ask God to take away the depression or anxiety, and we expect that He will do that. When we have relationship issues, we ask God to fix the other person or address the problem between us-and we expect that He will do what we ask.
At the end of the day, our assumption is that when we pray-just like in the fairy tales-the story line will end, ''And they lived happily ever after. They were healed. They no longer had emotional distress. The relationships were mended.'' And then everything is tied up with a nice, neat bow because God answered our prayers. But what happens in those emotional moments or those medical moments or those relational moments when you get on your knees and ask God to intervene and meet those needs-and God answers by doing the exact opposite of what you're wanting? You ask God to heal you, and God allows the medical issue to get worse. You have a relational issue, and after you pray the marriage continues to deteriorate or the friendship dissolves.
When you ask God to take away your feelings of depression, but instead He answers, ''I'm going to allow trials to come. If you thought you were anxious before, buckle your seatbelt-it's only going to get worse.'' That is what the book of Habakkuk is all about.
I know some of you haven't been here for the whole series, so let me review what we've covered so far. Habakkuk lived about 200 years after King David and King Solomon. He's proclaiming a prophetic message to the southern nation of Judah. Israel and Judah were divided, with ten tribes going north and two tribes staying in the s ...
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