It Will Surely Come

IT WILL SURELY COME

INTRO: HABAKKUK THE PROPHET

1: GENRAL INFO ON THE PROPHET

A) MINISTERED DURING THE BEGINNIGN OF THE END FOR JUDAH

B) HE ASKS GOD WHY THINGS HAVE COME TO WHAT THEY HAVE COME TO IN CHAPTER 1:1-4

C) GOD ANSWERS HIM AND GIVES HIM THE VISION OF THE CHALDEANS OR BABYLON CAPTURING JUDAH

D) HE REPLIES TO GOD’S ANSWER IN THE LATTER OF CHAPTER ONE ASKING GOD SHALL THEY NOT SPARE THE NATIONS

POINT: THIS PROPHET IS GIVEN A BURDENSOME VISION TO CARRY AND WRITE TO DELIVER TO THE PEOPLE WHO PRETTY MUCH ALREADY ABANDONED GOD LONG AGO.

2: AFTER THE DISCUSSION WITH GOD

A) I WILL STAND

B) HE ACCEPTS HIS TASK AND IS WILLING TO WAIT AND DO WHAT GOD HAS FOR HIM TO DO

C) HE HAS TO GET HIMSELF ABOVE HIS SURROUNDINGS TO LISTEN FOR GOD

POINT: US AS PEOPLE WE HAVE TO READ GOD’S WORD, HE SPEAKS TO US THROUGH IT, HE ALSO SPEAKS TO US THROUGH OUR CONSCIENCE THE SMALL STILL VOICE WITHIN US. WE HAVE TO GET OUR SELVES ABOVE THE WORLD AND THE THINGS THAT HINDER US TO HEAR GOD. OUR TOWER STANDING WATCHING FOR GOD.

BODY: THE VISION

1: GOD REASSURES THE PROPHET

A) AN APPOINTED TIME

B) IT SHALL SPEAK

C) THOUGH IT TARRY

POINT: OUR TIMETABLE AND GOD’S TIMETABLE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. WHEN WE THINK IT’S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN IT HAPPENS. WHY? BECAUSE GOD HAS AN APPOINTED TIME FOR EVERYTHING.

2: WHAT IS A VISION?

A) HABAKKUK WAS A PROPHET

B) WE ARE NOT

C) VISION TODAY IS SIMPLY THE ABILITY TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY GOD HAS PLACED BEFORE US

D) WHEN WE LOOK FOR IT AND FIND IT IT’S UP TO US IF WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT

POINT: IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, WAIT FOR IT, IN WAITING WE RECEIVE A GREATER BLESSING, WE TRUST GOD TO DELIVER AND ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HIS WILL IS WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR LIVES. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR OUR OWN LIVES AND THOSE WE LOVE.

3: MAKE SURE YOUR LISTENING TO GOD

A) PEOPLE CAN PLANT IDEAS AND VISIONS IN YOU

B) YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT MEANT FOR YOU TO MAKE

C) GET ON YOUR WATCH AND IN YOUR TOWER WHERE EVER IT MAY BE AND LISTEN AND WATCH FOR GOD

D) WRITE THINGS DOWN

POINT: HABAKKUK 2: 2 WRITE THE VISION AND MAKE IT PLAIN. KEEP IT SIMPLE AND UNDERSTAND IT BEFORE YOU JUMP INTO IT.

CLOSING: IT WILL SURELY COME

1: THAT DREAM

A) THE THING YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR

B) THAT THING YOU KNOW IS RIGHT

C) THAT PERSON YOU WANT SO BAD TO COME TO GOD

D) THAT SCHOOL YOU’VE BEEN GOING TO

POINT: IT’S EASY TO GET DISCOURAGED AND THINK THAT YOUR DREAM IS NEVER GONNA COME TRUE. JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN WHEN WE THINK IT SHOULD DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. WAIT FOR IT, IT WILL SURELY COME.