Habakkuk 1:2-2:4

God, Don’t You

? - 1:2-4
- Frustrations with the Lord should drive us

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towards Him, not

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away
- We must learn to exercise patient

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in waiting for the Lord to give an answer
- Does my

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on the sinfulness of human society reflect that of Habakkuk’s?

God’s Answer:

- 1:5-11
- We have a way of

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that we know the best way for God to deal with things
- We must remember that God’s ways are not our ways - Isaiah 55:8-9

Habakkuk’s Astonishment - 1:12-2:1
- Frustration with the Lord’s response should drive us

into His word and not

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away
- God can handle your

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and bluntness

God’s Response:

- 2:2-4, Proverbs 3:5-6
- Faith

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understanding, not the reverse
- We must trust in the Lord even when we do not

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everything

Questions to Ask
- What is God calling you to do right now?

- Who can go with you?

- When will this be done by?

Community Group Chats

1. Imagine you were in the crowd when Jeremiah had his showdown with Hananiah the false
   prophet. Jeremiah was wearing a yoke and saying you’d need to submit to the yoke of Babylon’s
   king. Hananiah was saying God had broken the yoke and was about to bring all the people and the
   blessings back home within two years. Which prophet would you be likely to believe? Would your belief be purely based on desires and emotions? Or would you be prompted to examine yourself and to
   recall what you know of God’s Word?

2. Read Jeremiah 29: 10-14 aloud We love to recall verse 11 as comfort, but what are these
   people about to endure as a part of God’s plan for their lives? What Will it ultimately produce in
   them? Overall, what seems to be the primary thing Jeremiah is aiming to convey in this section?

3. Jeremiah has commanded the people to invest in the place of their exile while they’re there for
   70 years, but then God will bring them back to the promised land. Why would they be tempted to
   stay behind in Babylon? What would it reveal about their hearts if they stayed behind? What
   spiritual dangers might that lead them into?

4. Jeremiah references a future Jerusalem, saying *(It) shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be
   uprooted or overthrown anymore forever (31:40). Read Revelation 3:12, and 21:1-2 aloud.
   According to your current understanding, what is the relationship between the old heaven and
   earth, the new heaven and earth, and the new Jerusalem? What will happen to the place we
   currently call “heaven”?

5. God loves to use outsiders to rescue His people and then bless them as a result. From Rahab in
   the book of Joshua to Ebed-Melech in the book of Jeremiah. And in the New Testament, Jesus
   tells a parable about a Samaritan who offers help to a wounded traveler (who is presumably
   Jewish). With Rahab and Ebed-Melech, He also invites them into His family! What does it reveal
   about God that He doesn’t just exalt the Israelites but that He paints outsiders in a positive light
   and gives them important roles?

6. How did it feel to see the people of Judah carted off into exile- out of Jerusalem, the city it took
   them so long to conquer in the land it took them so long to get to? According to 2 Chronicles 36.21,
   what was God granting the land?

7. How can we respond, as a group and individually, to what we have learned about God’s character this week?