Sermon: How Long and Why?

How Long and Why?

Habakkuk 1-2

June 27, 2021

Pastor Tony Felich 

 

 Habakkuk 1:1The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. [2] O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?   Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? [3] Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. [4] So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.             

Habakkuk's conversation with the Lord reveals God’s perfect justice and our need to trust Him no matter what.      

The flow of Habakkuk 1:1-2:4     

• Habakkuk- “Lord, why aren’t you intervening to stop the sin in Judah?      

• The Lord- “I will stop it…and I will use Bablyon to do so.”      

• Habakkuk- “Wait. Seriously, Lord? Babylon?”      

• The Lord- “Trust me”