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The Very Happy Ending

The Very Happy Ending. Habakkuk 3:17-19 Presented: 9-8-2013. Road Map. 1. Where the Wrestling Begins 2. Taking Encouragement from Past Events 3. The Just Shall Live by His Faith 4. Facing the Inevitable

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The Very Happy Ending

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  1. The Very Happy Ending Habakkuk 3:17-19 Presented: 9-8-2013

  2. Road Map 1. Where the Wrestling Begins 2. Taking Encouragement from Past Events 3. The Just Shall Live by His Faith 4. Facing the Inevitable 5. When the Wrestling for Answers is Drown Out by Contentment

  3. Habakkuk 3:17-19 • [17] Though the fig tree should not blossom, • nor fruit be on the vines, • the produce of the olive fail • and the fields yield no food, • the flock be cut off from the fold • and there be no herd in the stalls, • [18] yet I will rejoice in the LORD; • I will take joy in the God of my salvation. • [19] GOD, the Lord, is my strength; • he makes my feet like the deer's; • he makes me tread on my high places. • To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.

  4. Where the Wrestling Begins • The Complaint (1:2-4) How long will I cry for help without an answer? • God Answers and Tells of His Plan to chastise this wayward people. The answer includes sending in a bitter and hasty nation, The Chaldeans, a dreaded and fearsome people, a cruel and blood thirsty enemy.

  5. Taking Encouragement from Past Events • Perseverance and comfort are achieved by recalling God’s word. Habakkuk had heard of the Lords great saving acts, and then he recounts them here in 3:3-15. • Receiving grace through God’s word. Ultimate satisfaction is had in the giver of good things, not the things themselves. (Key point)

  6. The Just Shall Live by His Faith [2:4] “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. • The biblical meaning of faith is trust. A person who lives by real faith puts their trust in Jesus. The proud on the other hand, trust in themselves. • Romans 1:17 • Galatians 3:11 • Ephesians 2:8 • Hebrews 10:38-39

  7. Facing the Inevitable • When it becomes clear there is no escaping the coming ferocity of the Chaldean enemy, his entire being trembled. (Habakkuk 3:16) • The Divine Partnership of Suffering and Joy “Though He slay me, I will hope in Him” (Job13:15)

  8. We are to be ‘more than conquerors’, instead of merely exercising self-control with the aid of an iron will. We are to rejoice in the Lord and to joy in the God of our salvation. Such a time is test of our Christian profession. If we are not then more than conquerors we are failing as Christians. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  9. When the Wrestling for Answers is Drown out by Contentment • The is recognition of coming loss Fig tree would not bud. No fruit on the vine. Olive tree would bear no crop. No grain from the fields. No flocks. No herds, empty stalls. • With his trust comes joy. yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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