Oakwood Church
Habakkuk's Prayer and God's Answer - Habakkuk 1:1-11
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 7:00 AM
Habakkuk 1:2-4
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
A. My circumstances are despicable
Habakkuk 1:2-4
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
Habakkuk 1:2-4
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
A. My circumstances are despicable
B. My prayers are desperate
Habakkuk 1:2-3
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?”
B. My prayers are desperate
Habakkuk 1:2-3
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?”
A. My circumstances are despicable
B. My prayers are desperate
C. My concept of God has become distorted
B. My prayers are desperate
C. My concept of God has become distorted
C. My concept of God has become distorted
1. God must be unresponsive
Habakkuk 1:2a
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen?”
1. God must be unresponsive
Habakkuk 1:2a
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen?”
C. My concept of God has become distorted
1. God must be unresponsive
2. God must be unable
Habakkuk 1:2
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save?”
1. God must be unresponsive
2. God must be unable
Habakkuk 1:2
“How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save?”
C. My concept of God has become distorted
1. God must be unresponsive
2. God must be unable
3. God must be unjust
Habakkuk 1:3
“Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?”
1. God must be unresponsive
2. God must be unable
3. God must be unjust
Habakkuk 1:3
“Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?”
God’s Answer
Habakkuk 1:5-11
“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own. They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour; they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them. Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty men, whose own strength is their god."
Habakkuk 1:5-11
“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own. They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour; they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them. Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty men, whose own strength is their god."
God’s Answer
A. Regard My voice
Habakkuk 1:5a
"Look at the nations and watch — and be utterly amazed."
A. Regard My voice
Habakkuk 1:5a
"Look at the nations and watch — and be utterly amazed."
God’s Answer
A. Regard My voice
B. Reach beyond yourself
Habakkuk 1:5a
“Look at the nations and watch…”
A. Regard My voice
B. Reach beyond yourself
Habakkuk 1:5a
“Look at the nations and watch…”
God’s Answer
A. Regard My voice
B. Reach beyond yourself
C. Realize I am in control
A. Regard My voice
B. Reach beyond yourself
C. Realize I am in control
C. Realize I am in control
1. God controls time
Habakkuk 1:5
“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.”
1. God controls time
Habakkuk 1:5
“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.”
C. Realize I am in control
1. God controls time
2. God controls all nations
Habakkuk 1:5b-6a
“For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. I am raising up the Babylonians….”
1. God controls time
2. God controls all nations
Habakkuk 1:5b-6a
“For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. I am raising up the Babylonians….”
God’s Answer
C. Realize I am in control
1. God controls time
2. God controls all nations
3. God controls everything
C. Realize I am in control
1. God controls time
2. God controls all nations
3. God controls everything
3. God controls everything
Habakkuk 1:6,11
“I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own…. guilty men, whose own strength is their god.”
Habakkuk 1:6,11
“I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own…. guilty men, whose own strength is their god.”