Living Beyond Your Circumstances
Habakkuk 3:16-19
Habakkuk 3:16 (NLT)
I trembled inside when I heard all this; my lips quivered with fear. My legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us.
The Silver Lining
- Evil will come
- Devastation
- Violence
- Loss
- The day will come
- God says “enough”
- Evil will be forever destroyed
Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NLT)
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, [18] yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation.
Rising Above
- Circumstances would not dictate
- Habakkuk’s faith
- Habakkuk’s hope
- The Lord’s provision
- Habakkuk would find the Lord’s strength
- To sustain
- To provide
- To liberate
- Our confidence must be in the Lord alone
- Job 1:20
Job 1:20 (NLT)
Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground before God. [21] He said,
"I came naked from my mother’s womb,
and I will be stripped of everything when I die.
The Lord gave me everything I had,
and the Lord has taken it away.
Praise the name of the Lord!"
Habakkuk 3:19 (NLT)
The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He will make me as surefooted as a deer and bring me safely over the mountains.
(For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
In His Strength
- Living in the Lord’s strength
- Must acknowledge our own weakness
- Must relinquish control
- Must readily respond to His direction
- Sure footing
- The example of the deer
- Runs with speed and agility over rough terrain
Where Does Your Hope Come From?
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