Oakwood Church
I Will Wait For You, God
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 7:00 AM
Habakkuk 2:1-3
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.’ ”
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.’ ”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
Habakkuk 1:13
“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
Habakkuk 1:13
“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
1. Expecting God will answer when I pray
Habakkuk 2:1a
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me…”
1. Expecting God will answer when I pray
Habakkuk 2:1a
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me…”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
2. Anticipating I will see the answer
Habakkuk 2:1b
“I will look to see what he will say to me…”
2. Anticipating I will see the answer
Habakkuk 2:1b
“I will look to see what he will say to me…”
Jeremiah 33:3
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Luke 11:9
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
John 16:24
“Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”
“Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”
Hebrews 4:16
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
3. Recognizing I may stand alone
Habakkuk 2:1a
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;”
3. Recognizing I may stand alone
Habakkuk 2:1a
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
4. Willing to implement His answer
Habakkuk 2:1b
“… I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.”
4. Willing to implement His answer
Habakkuk 2:1b
“… I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
5. Admitting I might be wrong
Habakkuk 1:13
“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
5. Admitting I might be wrong
Habakkuk 1:13
“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
A. Habakkuk’s Prayer: I will watch
5. Admitting I might be wrong
Habakkuk 2:1b
“… I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.”
5. Admitting I might be wrong
Habakkuk 2:1b
“… I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.”
B. God’s Promise: I will work
Habakkuk 2:2
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald my run with it.’ ”
Habakkuk 2:2
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald my run with it.’ ”
B. God’s Promise: I will work
1. I cannot know God’s work if God doesn’t reveal it
Habakkuk 2:2a
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation…’ ”
1. I cannot know God’s work if God doesn’t reveal it
Habakkuk 2:2a
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation…’ ”
B. God’s Promise: I will work
2. God chooses to reveal His work to me
Habakkuk 2:2a
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation…’ ”
2. God chooses to reveal His work to me
Habakkuk 2:2a
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation…’ ”
B. God’s Promise: I will work
3. God’s Word is His revelation
Habakkuk 2:2
“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.”
3. God’s Word is His revelation
Habakkuk 2:2
“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.”
Habakkuk 2:2
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation …”
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation …”
Habakkuk 2:2
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets…”
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets…”
Habakkuk 2:2
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.”
“Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.”
Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”
Psalm 119:32
“I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.”
“I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.”
C. My Response: I must wait patiently for God to do His work
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
C. My Response: I must wait patiently for God to do His work
1. God’s promise is certain
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
1. God’s promise is certain
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
Hebrews 11:39
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.”
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.”
C. My Response: I must wait patiently for God to do His work
2. God’s timing is not mine
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
2. God’s timing is not mine
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
C. My Response: I must wait patiently for God to do His work
3. I can wait patiently when I take God at His word
3. I can wait patiently when I take God at His word