Sermon Notes: “When God Doesn’t Right the Wrongs”

July 6, 2025

1 This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision.

Habakkuk’s Complaint:

How long, O Lord, must I call for help?
But you do not listen!
“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,
but you do not come to save.
Must I forever see these evil deeds?
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
The law has become paralyzed,
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.  [Habukkuk 1:1-4]

 

 “When God Doesn’t Right the Wrongs”

 

Big Idea: God isn’t threatened by our honest questions. But His answers may serve as a reminder that He’s in management; we’re just in sales.

 

God isn’t threatened by our honest questions… or even our complaints!

 

Real honesty with Him requires that we not turn a blind eye toward sin.

 

The Lord replied (to Habakkuk),

“Look around at the nations;
look and be amazed!
For I am doing something in your own day,
something you wouldn’t believe
even if someone told you about it.
I am raising up the Babylonians,
a cruel and violent people.
They will march across the world
and conquer other lands. [Habukkuk 1:5-6]

 

If God is indeed holy, there must be a judgment for sin.

 

God is always at work in ways we can’t possibly see or know to accomplish His plans and purposes.

 

He’s in management, we’re just in sales.

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