APRIL 26, 2020

HOPE IN THE DARKNESS--PART II

SERMON TITLE: WAITING ON GOD!
SERMON THEME: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE HURTING?
SERMON TEXT: HABAKKUK 2:1-4, 20

INTRODUCTION:  HABAKKUK DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD WAIT ON GOD FOR AN ANSWER AND TRUST THAT ONE WOULD COME.  PROVERBS 29:18
 

• IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAND STRONG YOU MUST HAVE A CLEAR VISION FROM GOD.

• CHAPTER 1: DON'T WALK AWAY FROM GOD
• CHAPTER 2: DON'T QUIT ON GOD

THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU ARE HURTING

I) TAKE A STAND AND LISTEN TO GOD.  HABAKKUK 2:1

• HABAKKUK POSITIONS HIMSELF IN THE MOST STRATEGIC PLACE SO HE CAN SEE THE HAND OF GOD AND TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD.  PSALM 46:10

• WHEN YOU ARE HURTING YOU WANT TO TELL GOD WHAT TO DO! II CORINTHIANS 12:7-10

II) MAKE IT PLAIN AND WRITE IT DOWN.   HABAKKUK 2:2

• THE SPIRITUAL ENEMY WANTS TO TAKE FROM YOU WHAT GOD GIVES TO YOU.

 EPHESIANS 6:12

• GOD GIVES YOU A WORD; GOD GIVES YOU FAITH; GOD GIVES YOU A MOMENT OF PEACE.

II CORINTHIANS 5:7

• FOOLISH PEOPLE LIVE THIER LIVES BY WHAT THEY CAN SEE, WISE PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES BY WHAT GOD REVEALS.

III)  WAIT FOR THE APPOINTED TIME.  HABAKKUK 2:3

• THE HEBREW WORD FOR APPOINTED IS MO--AID, WHICH MEANS PERFECT.

• GOD'S DELAYS ARE NOT GOD'S DENIAL.

IV) THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH.   HABAKKUK 2:4

• YOUR FAITH IS NOT BASED ON WHAT YOU SEE, IT IS BASED ON THE CHARACTER AND GOODNESS OF GOD'S NATURE.

CONCLUSION: REMEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE.   HABAKKUK 2:20

• IF IT IS NOT GOD'S TIME, YOU CANNOT FORCE IT!

• WHEN IT IS GOD'S TIME, YOU CANNOT STOP IT!

 I PETER 1:7 (NLT)