WHAT LIVING BY FAITH LOOKS LIKE (2 OF 2)
by Craig Smith
Scripture: Habakkuk 3:1-19
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What Living by Faith Looks Like (2 of 2)
Series: Really God… Wow
Craig Smith
Habakkuk 3:1-19
I. Introduction
Hey, if you’re just joining us for the first time, let me get you caught up real fast: for the past few weeks we’ve been working through a small but important book in the Bible called Habakkuk. In Hebrew, Habakkuk either means he wrestles or he embraces, which is super-appropriate because the book of Habakkuk is basically the story of someone who wrestled with God but ultimately came to embrace faith in the very God he had wrestled with.
Now, the first two chapters of Habakkuk are mostly about the wrestling. And if you missed those messages, I really encourage you to go back and listen to them. But today we’re going to dig into the third chapter which is all about the embracing. And what we’re going to basically see is the answer to the question: How do I embrace a God I don’t fully understand?
And let’s be honest: there are always going to be things about God we don’t understand. And there are several reasons for that: First, God is too big for us to wrap our tiny minds around. That would be like expecting an ant to comprehend a whale. And we don’t see the big picture. We tend to fixate on what’s write in front of us, what’s impacting us. But God is making decision and acting on the basis of a big picture we can’t even begin to see in its entirety. And then there’s the fact that we’re sinful, which is to say, selfish...we see everything through the lens of me. Which is a deeply distorted lens. For all kinds of reasons, we don’t fully understand God. So how do we embrace a God we don’t fully understand? And the answer is, We embrace God by faith.
And if you were with us last weekend, that’s not a big surprise to hear, because in the middle of God’s second answer to Habakkuk, that’s basically what He said. He said, ‘‘the righteous will live by faith.’’ That’s Habakkuk 2:4. And some translations say ‘‘by faith’’ and some say, ‘‘by faithfu ...
Series: Really God… Wow
Craig Smith
Habakkuk 3:1-19
I. Introduction
Hey, if you’re just joining us for the first time, let me get you caught up real fast: for the past few weeks we’ve been working through a small but important book in the Bible called Habakkuk. In Hebrew, Habakkuk either means he wrestles or he embraces, which is super-appropriate because the book of Habakkuk is basically the story of someone who wrestled with God but ultimately came to embrace faith in the very God he had wrestled with.
Now, the first two chapters of Habakkuk are mostly about the wrestling. And if you missed those messages, I really encourage you to go back and listen to them. But today we’re going to dig into the third chapter which is all about the embracing. And what we’re going to basically see is the answer to the question: How do I embrace a God I don’t fully understand?
And let’s be honest: there are always going to be things about God we don’t understand. And there are several reasons for that: First, God is too big for us to wrap our tiny minds around. That would be like expecting an ant to comprehend a whale. And we don’t see the big picture. We tend to fixate on what’s write in front of us, what’s impacting us. But God is making decision and acting on the basis of a big picture we can’t even begin to see in its entirety. And then there’s the fact that we’re sinful, which is to say, selfish...we see everything through the lens of me. Which is a deeply distorted lens. For all kinds of reasons, we don’t fully understand God. So how do we embrace a God we don’t fully understand? And the answer is, We embrace God by faith.
And if you were with us last weekend, that’s not a big surprise to hear, because in the middle of God’s second answer to Habakkuk, that’s basically what He said. He said, ‘‘the righteous will live by faith.’’ That’s Habakkuk 2:4. And some translations say ‘‘by faith’’ and some say, ‘‘by faithfu ...
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