FLIP THE DIP: Wrestling With God
Peter Gowesky
Where’s God when life is upside down?
HABAKKUK = TO WRESTLE OR EMBRACE.
2 How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. —Habakkuk 1:2-4
- You don’t seem to
- What you’re allowing doesn’t seem
- You aren’t doing as much as I know you
A DEEPLY COMMITTED CHRISTIAN CAN HAVE BOTH
13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? —Habakkuk 1:13
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. —James 1:2-4
5 “Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. —Habakkuk 1:5
Chapter 1 – WRESTLING
Chapter 2 – WAITING
Chapter 3 – WORSHIPING