Unfold the prophetic message that came to a man who had a lot of questions for God. The prophet Habakkuk strongly laments his time and situation. Today we can at look our world as well and wonder if any of it makes sense. We see so much injustice and struggle and sin that we ask, “God, where are You? Why aren’t You doing something?” These are the same questions Habakkuk was asking in his day. There was a lot of violence and treachery, and he wondered, as a follower of God, how a loving and powerful God could apparently sit idly by while all kinds of evil was taking place.
Habakkuk is one who, like Job, teaches us that although we follow God, we are not exempt from struggles or trials. Or like the weeping prophet Jeremiah, he laments the disobedience of God’s people and calls them to become obedient again. Habakkuk serves as a teacher, a lesson writer, if you will, about what it means to wait patiently for God—even when the world seems to be falling apart.
Number of sermons in the series: 5
