God on trial-Week2 10.19.2025
God on trial wk2
October 19th, 2025
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vine,
Though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,
Though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will be joyful in God my savior.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
How long, Lord, must I call for help and you do not listen. Habakkuk 1:2
Why would God use a wicked nation to punish his own people?
And what God essentially says is this: Wait.
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him.
Lamentations 3:25
Wait patiently for the LORD.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.
Psalm 27:14
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Psalm 33:20
Lessons in Waiting: Wait with Perspective
I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the LORD says and how he will answer my complaint.
Habakkuk 2:1
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18
For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.
Philippians 1:29
For the vision awaits an appointed time.
Habakkuk 2:3
What often appears as a delay from our perspective, is happening at the exact appointed time from God’s perspective.
Be still and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10
Lessons in Waiting:
Wait with Perspective
Wait with Patience
What often appears as a delay from our perspective, is happening at the exact appointed time from God’s perspective.
Lessons in Waiting:
Wait with Faith
But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
Habakkuk 2:4
The Righteous shall live by faith.
Romans 1:17
No one is righteous— not even one.
Romans 3:10
To walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:17
But the LORD is in his holy Temple.
Habakuk 2:20
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.
Habakkuk 2:3
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
What often appears as a delay from our perspective, is happening at the exact appointed time from God’s perspective.