When we choose to remember what God has done, it frames our perspective as we wait for what he will do.
Sermon Title: WHEN WE SEE GOD
Sermon Text: HABAKKUK 3:1-15 (NIV)
Sermon Series: HABAKKUK: FAITH IN THE MIDST OF LIFE’S FRUSTRATIONS
By: PTR NESTOR SY
Sermon Notes:
HABAKKUK 3:1-15 NIV
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.
2 LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
4 His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.
5 Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
6 He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.
8 Were you angry with the rivers, O LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode with your horses and your victorious chariots?
9 You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers;
10 the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
11 Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
12 In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations.
13 You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot. Selah
14 With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.
Is God there?
I. FEAR OF GOD.
ISAIAH 8:13 NIV
13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread,
LUKE 12:5 NIV
5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Fear is a problem because we are more afraid of our circumstances rather than on God.
“The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.”
Oswald Chambers
Do you have a healthy fear of God?
If you do, then you have nothing else to fear.
II. SUBMISSION TO GOD
God makes better choices for us than we could ever make for ourselves.
“God always gives his best to those who leave the choice with him.”
Jim Elliot
Do you desire God’s will to be done?
If you submit, then whatever circumstance you face,
you will know his best.
III. REMEMBRANCE OF WHO HE IS
PSALMS 77:11 NIV
11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
Do you practice remembering God’s works in your life?
If you do, you will not only glorify him, you also see a faithful God
who is bigger than your problem.
When we choose to remember what God has done, it frames our perspective as we wait for what he will do.
PSALMS 86:8-10 NIV
8 Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.
10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.