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:
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.