Questioning God
Habakkuk 1:1-11
Part of Waiting Among the Fig Trees—The Book of Habakkuk
September 12, 2021

QUESTIONING GOD

Habakkuk 1:1-11


God is ok with your questions.

God, don’t you hear? (2a)
God, don’t you care? (2b)
God, won’t you act? (3a)
God, are you not powerful enough? (3b)
God, doesn’t your Word mean anything? (4)


When questioning God be:
Honest
Faithful
Humble

While you have questions, God has answers.

God had answers before you had questions.
God’s reasons go deeper than your questions.
God’s answers are bigger than your problems.

In your waiting God is already working.

Working — in ways we can’t always see and always for His glory.


GROUP / FAMILY DISCUSSION
Have you ever questioned God? Explain.

Of the questions listed in the sermon notes which one(s) have you used or been close to using with God?

Walk through the three ways in which we should approach God when we bring Him our questions. How does it look to approach God in this way? What does the opposite look like?

Is it comforting to know that God has answers to your questions even before you ask them? Why or why not?

How would your relationship with God change if He was not all-knowing and needed to react to your situations only when He was made aware?

Read Romans 8:26-28. What does this passage say about how the Holy Spirit helps us as we struggle in suffering?

How does “having Jesus in our boat” make riding the waves of difficulty better?

What do you need to do this week in light of what we have just learned?

How can we pray along with you in some of your questions for God?

Pray for someone you know by name who does not yet have a relationship with Jesus and is asking God questions.