When God Is Silent (Habakkuk 1:1-4)

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There are a group of books in the scriptures that we call the minor prophets. They are given this name because they are small prophetic books when compared to the size of the prophetic books like Isaiah and Jeremiah. But the messages in these books are very practical and very important to building our faith and increasing our knowledge of the Lord. There is a small, three chapter book in your copies of God’s word called Habakkuk. Habakkuk is a unique book. Typically the minor prophets reveal God telling the prophet to go and preach to the people God’s message. But the book of Habakkuk is different because we do not hear Habakkuk preaching God’s word to the people. Instead, we are going to read about Habakkuk questioning God. Habakkuk and God are going to have a back and forth discussion about what is going on in the world. What we are going to see is that Habakkuk has questions that God answers which only leads to Habakkuk having more questions that God answers. So we are beginning our sermon series today called When I Don’t Understand. Habakkuk does not understand what God is doing which is the basis for the many questions he asks. Open your copies of God’s word to the prophecy of Habakkuk…

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