South Shore Community Church
Habakkuk
Habakkuk Faith Through Questions Week 1 Pastor Nic Williams November 5, 2023
Locations & Times
South Shore Community Church - On Campus & Online
1899 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 10:00 AM
Sunday 11:30 AM
Honest conversations with God.
Our faith isn't about having all the answers, but it's about being real with the One who does.
Why God seems silent in the face of such blatant evil? Why doesn't God intervene?
Habakkuk's questions are our questions.
It's in the wrestling, in the questioning, that our faith is refined.
Faith isn't the absence of doubt, but the choice to trust God in the midst of it.
“The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build a bridge over which he can get no personal benefit.' - Robert Schuller
God's perspective is broader than ours.
“To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark—that is faith.” - Charles Spurgeon
1. Be Honest with God:
"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them." - Elisabeth Elliot
2. Seek Community:
3. Stay Anchored in Scripture:
"The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation." - D.L. Moody
4. Choose Trust Over Understanding:
Faith is not about seeing everything clearly but trusting in the One who sees it all.
“What if honestly acknowledging your doubts is the first step toward building a deeper faith? What if embracing your secret questions opens the door for a maturing knowledge of God’s character? What if becoming closer to God, developing genuine intimacy with him, requires you to bear that which feels unbearable? To hear him through an ominous utterance, to trust him in the moment of doom, to embrace his strength when you’re weak with a burden? What if it takes real pain to experience deep and abiding hope?” From “Hope in the Dark”
It is in that space of honest dialogue, we don't just find answers; we find God Himself.