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 Open your Bibles, if you will, one more time to Habakkuk, and you should know how to get there by now.

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 You know, Habakkuk is a great study for those going through hard times, which I'm assuming most of you are.

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 Because I was taught years ago by a very well-respected preacher that when you preach, seven out of ten people in that room are going to be going through hard times, and the other three will be.

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 And so this is a very pertinent study for us.

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 You know, regardless of whether those hard times come through personal pains, through relationships or whatever, or if they come through broader societal circumstances or upheavals or hardships or common experiences.

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 But these hardships, though they shake the very foundations sometimes of our faith,

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 And though that shaking may be painful, it is the richest place for us to grow.

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 In our faith, in our knowledge of ourselves, and in our knowledge of this covenant God who holds us.

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 In fact, we could confidently say that apart from such hardship, growth will not take place.

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 You go talk to anyone that you admire of the depth of their faith and the richness of their faith,

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 you will rarely, if ever, find someone like that who has not gone through the crucible of suffering.

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 Because there is something deep and rich that takes place in these moments.

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 And that's what we find here in Habakkuk.

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 Habakkuk has been in a hard place.

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 He has had his foundations shaken, at least his theological foundations.

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 But now he's been told that even greater physical, societal suffering is going to happen.

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 You know, and the way that God works, you know, when he brings his people to this place,

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 what he does, he not only takes them there, but then he...

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 Sometimes it's these places of brokenness where we feel like we're undone.

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 But it's in that place that God brings us to being undone,

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 and then puts us back together again in a much healthier way.

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 You know, in this last chapter, what we're going to see is the fruit of what God is doing in Habakkuk's heart.

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 And Habakkuk is determined, what we're going to see in this passage,

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 that he is determined not only to stand firm in who God is,

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 he is also determined to rejoice.

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 And to do so, he's not saying that pain is good,

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 that we should be in some sense masochistic about it.

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 But he is saying that there's something even in that pain

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 that is worthy of rejoicing,

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 and even what that pain will bring about

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 is worthy of rejoicing.

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 And Habakkuk's going to show us how that is done.

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 So, I want you to follow with me as we read

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 this last third chapter

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 of the prophecy of Habakkuk.

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 A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet,

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 according to Shigenoth.

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 It says,

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 O Lord, I have heard the report of you,

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 and your work, O Lord, do I fear.

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 In the midst of the years, revive it.

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 In the midst of the years, make it known.

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 In wrath, remember mercy.

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 God came from Teman,

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 and the Holy One from Mount Perrin.

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 His splendor covered the heavens,

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 and the earth was full of his praise.

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 His brightness was like the light

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 rays flashed from his hand,

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 and there he veiled his power.

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 Before him went pestilence,

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 and plague followed at his heels.

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 He stood and measured the earth.

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 He looked and shook the nations.

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 Then the eternal mountains were scattered,

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 and the everlasting hills sank low.

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 His were the everlasting ways.

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 I saw the tents of cushion in affliction.

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 The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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 Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?

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 Was your anger against the rivers,

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 or your indignation against the sea,

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 when you rode on your horses,

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 on your chariot of salvation?

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 You stripped the sheath from your bow,

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 calling for many arrows.

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 You split the earth with rivers.

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 The mountains saw you and writhed.

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 The raging waters swept on.

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 The deep gave forth its voice.

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 It lifted its hands on high.

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 The sun and moon stood still in their place

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 at the light of your arrows as they sped.

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 The flash of your glittering spear.

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 You marched through the earth in fury.

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 You threshed the mountains in anger.

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 You went out for the salvation of your people,

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 for the salvation of your anointed.

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 And you crushed the head of the house of the wicked,

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 laying him bare from thigh to neck.

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 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,

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 who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,

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 rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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 You trampled the sea with your horses,

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 the surging of mighty waters.

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 And I hear.

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 And my body trembles.

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 My lips quiver at the sound.

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 Rottenness enters into my bones.

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 My legs tremble beneath me.

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 Yet I will quietly wait

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 for the day of trouble

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 to come upon people who invade us.

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 And though the fig tree should not blossom,

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 nor fruit be on the vines.

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 The produce of the olive fail,

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 and the fields yield no food.

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 The flock be cut off from the fold,

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 and there be no herd in the stalls.

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 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

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 I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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 God the Lord is my strength.

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 He makes my feet like the deer's.

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 He makes me tread on my high places.

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 To the choir master,

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 the stringed instruments.

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 Which is interesting.

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 This is a worship song

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 that he has given to us.

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 Let's pray together

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 before we get into the study.

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 Father,

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 would you help us to worship

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 as we go through the study of your word?

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 Would you lead us to deep worship

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 and deep trust

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 and greater joy?

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 Pour out your spirit

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 that your work might be done

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 in the depth of our being.

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 And we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 As we think about what Habakkuk shows us

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 about rejoicing,

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 and this is the thing,

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 this is,

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 the call here for us is,

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 again,

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 not to just persevere,

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 not just to stand firm

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 in these hard times,

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 the times of confusion,

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 but it is to rejoice.

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 How do we do that?

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 There are four things

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 that I want us to see.

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 The first,

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 we see Habakkuk bowing

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 in repentance.

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 The chapter starts off,

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 this chapter,

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 very differently

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 from the other two.

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 You know,

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 in the first chapter,

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 Habakkuk was praying,

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 but his prayer

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 was full of accusations.

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 He was accusing God of wrong.

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 He was going to God,

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 questioning why he was not working

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 the way he should have been.

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 And then when God told him

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 how he was going to work,

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 he told God that,

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 nope,

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 that's not going to work either.

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 And then in the second chapter,

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 we see God

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 really bringing some sobriety

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 to Habakkuk

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 Habakkuk

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 as he outlines

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 just the heart

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 of the arrogant,

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 the wicked,

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 and what they were like.

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 But that picture

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 was very,

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 very much

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 applicable

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 to Habakkuk himself

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 and his people.

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 But now,

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 there's a different tone.

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 it's a lot softer.

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 It's a lot more hesitant.

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 And Habakkuk's asking

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 for something different.

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 Instead of anger,

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 instead of accusations,

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 instead of railing at God,

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 he's asking

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 for mercy.

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 And that is

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 something

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 very,

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 very

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 different.

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 it's a monumental shift

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 that occurs

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 somewhere down

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 in the depth

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 of his heart.

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 And that shift

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 comes

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 from

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 remembering.

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 Remembering

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 who God is

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 and remembering

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 who Habakkuk

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 is.

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 Habakkuk's

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 standard,

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 where repentance

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 comes from,

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 in the plea for mercy,

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 where that comes from,

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 is a shift

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 of standard

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 of comparison.

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 What Habakkuk

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 was doing

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 previously

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 was comparing

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 Israel

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 and who they are

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 with these Chaldeans

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 and with the evil

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 of the Chaldeans

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 and the only conclusion

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 he could come to

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 was that,

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 wait a minute,

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 there's something wrong here.

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 We're better

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 than they are.

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 These guys are terrible.

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 We're your people.

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 But it was

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 the wrong comparison.

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 And from that

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 standard,

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 he had a right

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 to accuse.

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 He thought.

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 But in chapter 2,

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 what God has done,

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 he says,

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 no,

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 you got the wrong

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 measure,

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 the wrong standard.

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 And that needs

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 to change.

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 And instead

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 of comparing

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 himself to others

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 horizontally,

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 he said,

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 the standard

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 now becomes

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 me.

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 I am

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 the standard

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 of measure.

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 I am

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 the definition

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 of righteousness.

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 I

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 am

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 the standard

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 of good.

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 And when that

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 standard

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 changes,

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 there are no

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 more demands.

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 There are no

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 more questions.

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 There's no

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 more accusations.

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 No more

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 railing.

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 No more

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 anger.

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 There's just

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 this plea

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 for mercy.

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 Because Habakkuk

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 came to realize

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 he

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 needed the

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 same

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 mercy

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 before the

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 judgment

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 of God

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 that the

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 Chaldeans

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 did.

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 And now

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 in his plea

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 for mercy,

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 this place

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 of humility

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 he has

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 come to,

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 that's all

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 he can ask

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 for.

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 I think

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 this is

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 the cure

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 for an

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 awful lot

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 of our

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 anger.

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 back when

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 I told you

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 the story

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 a couple

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 weeks ago

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 of the

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 trial

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 and when

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 my son-in-law

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 was falsely

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 convicted,

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 my immediate

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 response was

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 I got

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 angry.

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 I got

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 angry

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 not just

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 at people

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 around me,

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 not at just

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 the justice

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 system,

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 not at this

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 judge who

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 presided over

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 this trial,

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 I got angry

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 at God

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 himself.

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 And like

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 Habakkuk in

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 that first

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 chapter,

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 I went to

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 him and

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 began to

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 accuse him

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 and rail

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 at him

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 and he

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 says what

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 you're doing

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 is wrong.

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 It is

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 unjust.

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 How can

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 you do

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 this?

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 anger

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 is so

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 often

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 the

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 fruit

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 of

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 arrogance,

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 of saying

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 that I

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 am,

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 have the

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 right

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 to declare

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 you

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 wrong.

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 And that's

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 where Habakkuk

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 was.

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 But he

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 discovered

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 something

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 different.

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 That in

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 the face

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 of who

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 God is

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 himself,

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 we are

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 no different

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 than the

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 most wicked

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 of our

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 society.

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 We have

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 no more

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 ground to

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 stand on.

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 And we

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 ourselves

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 need to

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 plead for

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 mercy.

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 only the

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 one who

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 thinks he's

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 right can

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 demand

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 recompense.

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 Only the

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 one who

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 thinks he's

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 right can

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 sit in

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 judgment over

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 somebody else's

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 wrong.

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 It's the

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 one who is

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 wrong,

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 who is

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 weak,

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 and who

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 understands

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 their guilt

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 that now

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 goes before

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 God and

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 said,

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 the only

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 thing I

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 can ask

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 is for

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 mercy.

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 I need

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 mercy.

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 And when

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 that happens,

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 there is a

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 softness that

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 takes place

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.940
 in our

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 hearts

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 towards God

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 and then

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 towards everybody

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 else.

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 God

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 is.

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 And that

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 comes from

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 a change

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.100
 of standard

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 where it's

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 no longer

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 us comparing

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 ourselves to

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 someone else,

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 but it's

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 now us in

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 the light of

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 who God

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.220
 is.

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 As Habakkuk

00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:35.940
 went through

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.480
 all these

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.840
 verses,

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 kind of

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:37.960
 rehearsing

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.560
 in his

00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.140
 mind who

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 God was.

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.360
 grace.

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 And that

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.279
 brings us

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.819
 to our

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 place

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.019
 where all

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.539
 we can do

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.200
 is ask

00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:49.899
 for mercy.

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 And it's

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.639
 when this

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.340
 anger is

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.019
 broken by

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.740
 the humility

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.559
 and when

00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.139
 we come

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:55.600
 to God

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.360
 asking for

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.740
 mercy,

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.740
 that is

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.340
 the open

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.899
 door for

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:01.439
 joy to

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.139
 enter in.

00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.019
 And it

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.500
 cannot.

00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:06.879
 Rejoicing

00:17:06.879 --> 00:17:07.940
 cannot enter

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:10.320
 until we

00:17:10.320 --> 00:17:10.740
 get to

00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.400
 that place.

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 So the

00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:14.120
 first thing

00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.440
 is that

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.880
 there is a

00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.440
 bowing in

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.960
 repentance,

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.299
 seeing ourselves

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.059
 in the light

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.559
 of all that

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.180
 God is,

00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:21.980
 and stop

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.779
 our railing,

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.600
 and we go

00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:24.140
 to him for

00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:24.440
 mercy.

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 But the

00:17:24.860 --> 00:17:25.400
 second thing

00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:26.200
 is there's

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.960
 some remembering

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.620
 in worship

00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:27.980
 here.

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.900
 It was not

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.640
 just that

00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.340
 Habakkuk

00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:31.820
 realized the

00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:32.559
 greatness and

00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.120
 the glory and

00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:33.640
 the holiness

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.340
 of God,

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:34.640
 but there

00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:34.960
 were some

00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.700
 other things

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:37.380
 he saw.

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.820
 In that

00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:39.600
 low place,

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.240
 he was

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.360
 now rightly

00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:42.820
 prepared to

00:17:42.820 --> 00:17:44.299
 worship God

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:45.640
 the way he

00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:46.519
 needed to.

00:17:47.320 --> 00:17:47.720
 And so in

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.240
 these verses,

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.860
 he goes

00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:50.180
 through God,

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.720
 but there's a

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.180
 couple of

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.019
 particular verses

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.740
 that tells us

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.240
 some things.

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.720
 In verse 15,

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.700
 we see this,

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.299
 you trampled

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.920
 the sea with

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.420
 your horses,

00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.380
 the surging of

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.120
 mighty waters,

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.460
 and in a sense

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.120
 what he's saying

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:03.180
 there, the

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.980
 mighty waters

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.860
 in biblical

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:06.340
 language is a

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.539
 description of

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.379
 chaos.

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.779
 And so what

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.539
 he's saying

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.259
 here, it is

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.039
 God who

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.359
 rides over

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.500
 the chaos

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:18.539
 and brings

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.079
 order.

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:21.959
 And so he's

00:18:21.959 --> 00:18:22.740
 getting himself

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.839
 refocused here

00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.799
 that the chaos

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:26.220
 himself is now

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:28.539
 subservient to

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.279
 this God.

00:18:29.459 --> 00:18:29.959
 But there's

00:18:29.959 --> 00:18:30.659
 something even

00:18:30.659 --> 00:18:31.179
 else more

00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:31.980
 special here.

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.459
 Down in verse

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.059
 13.

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.579
 And as

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.319
 Habakkuk is

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.019
 talking about

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.799
 God and he's

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.700
 riding through

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:40.460
 the world in

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.319
 judgment and

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.259
 so forth, you

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.160
 come across this

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.620
 statement.

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:44.840
 He says,

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.860
 you went out

00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.980
 for the

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:48.259
 salvation of

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.160
 your people,

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.220
 for the

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.539
 salvation of

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.240
 your anointed,

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.440
 and Israel

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.279
 was his

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.700
 anointed.

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.460
 He wrote

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.980
 against all

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.340
 of his

00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:02.380
 enemies for

00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:04.220
 the salvation

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.420
 of his

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.860
 people.

00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:07.940
 You know, as

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.580
 we said last

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.040
 week, you

00:19:09.040 --> 00:19:09.660
 know, a God

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.780
 who controls

00:19:10.780 --> 00:19:12.020
 all things may

00:19:12.020 --> 00:19:12.940
 be one thing,

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:14.060
 but not

00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:14.860
 necessarily is

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.120
 going to

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.820
 elicit our

00:19:15.820 --> 00:19:17.160
 ready trust.

00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.400
 But it's a

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.800
 God who

00:19:19.800 --> 00:19:20.660
 controls all

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:23.640
 things and

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.260
 works for

00:19:24.260 --> 00:19:24.800
 us.

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.620
 It's a God

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.440
 who will draw

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.140
 us to

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.620
 himself.

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.520
 And I

00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:31.240
 think for me,

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:33.039
 at least,

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.640
 when I'm in

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.140
 the midst of

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.559
 hardship,

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:38.440
 this is the

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:38.720
 key.

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.579
 He's not

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.740
 coming to

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.740
 destroy me.

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.140
 He's not

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.740
 coming to

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.559
 destroy my

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.000
 world.

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.079
 He's not

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.859
 coming to

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.980
 tear me

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.819
 down.

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:57.019
 He's coming

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.839
 to destroy

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.400
 the evil

00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.040
 that has

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:00.800
 come against

00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:01.340
 me.

00:20:02.280 --> 00:20:02.900
 He is

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.720
 coming to

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.980
 destroy that

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:06.100
 which truly

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:07.580
 threatens me.

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.440
 He has

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.060
 come to

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:11.880
 destroy that

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.860
 which will

00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:14.560
 destroy me.

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.600
 He's coming

00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:20.060
 to have put

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.500
 an end to

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.259
 the chaos of

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.840
 this life,

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:22.880
 but he's

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.380
 coming not

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.440
 against me.

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:27.340
 he's coming

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:29.019
 for me.

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.820
 Back in

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.559
 that courtroom

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.180
 so many

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.900
 years ago,

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:40.680
 what I

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.240
 thought

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.720
 was a

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.600
 death blow

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:46.680
 was actually

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.340
 the embrace

00:20:47.340 --> 00:20:47.799
 of a

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.100
 friend.

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.199
 God

00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:54.159
 because he

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:55.419
 saw

00:20:55.419 --> 00:20:56.679
 greater

00:20:56.679 --> 00:20:57.779
 enemies

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:59.740
 in me.

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.399
 He saw

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.459
 a knowledge

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:04.000
 of him

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.759
 that was

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.379
 extremely

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.000
 limited.

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.599
 He saw

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:10.000
 things

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.659
 in my

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.099
 heart

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.139
 that had

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:13.480
 to go

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:15.860
 because he

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.579
 was fighting

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:19.420
 for my

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.860
 joy.

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.720
 He was

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.099
 fighting

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.579
 for my

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.059
 good.

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.920
 He was

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.440
 fighting

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:26.000
 for my

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.620
 growth.

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:30.000
 And I

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.460
 didn't know

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.740
 it.

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.380
 But this

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.759
 is what

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.299
 Habakkuk

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.819
 has come

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.099
 to see.

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.420
 It is

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.819
 what I

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.480
 saw a

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.880
 few months

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.299
 later.

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:42.759
 you know,

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.059
 the last

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.399
 time I

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:43.759
 preached

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.079
 this

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.539
 book

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:46.480
 was,

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.720
 I told

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:47.839
 you,

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.159
 we were

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.500
 in that

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.919
 courtroom

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.680
 in August.

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.279
 It was

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.819
 September.

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.359
 It was

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.339
 during the

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.899
 height of

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.440
 the pain.

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.399
 And what

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:00.759
 he was

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.460
 showing me

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.899
 was,

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.460
 all this

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.919
 time,

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.159
 I mean,

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.559
 I was

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.379
 angry and

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.879
 struggling,

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.759
 but it

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.159
 wasn't

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:08.059
 until a

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.480
 friend

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.680
 came

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.720
 to our

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.299
 church

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.279
 and simply

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.080
 took me

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:14.240
 back to

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:16.019
 the God

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.779
 who was

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.580
 for me.

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.240
 That I

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.580
 had a

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.680
 father who

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.560
 did control

00:22:21.560 --> 00:22:22.140
 all things,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.519
 but a

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.080
 father who

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:23.640
 was working

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.180
 for my

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.799
 salvation

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.539
 and for

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.299
 my joy

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.880
 and for

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:28.500
 the riches

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.080
 that he

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.840
 wanted for

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.180
 me.

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.200
 And this

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.519
 was the

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.180
 process.

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.200
 And so

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.480
 at the

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.860
 heart of

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.799
 rejoicing in

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.240
 the midst

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.820
 of these

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.660
 trials,

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:41.400
 is coming

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.080
 to grips

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:43.519
 with the

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.700
 one who

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.060
 is at

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:48.120
 work and

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.600
 what he's

00:22:48.600 --> 00:22:49.040
 doing.

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.180
 And

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.460
 sometimes he

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.540
 wants more

00:22:53.540 --> 00:22:55.340
 for us than

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:56.000
 we want for

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.420
 ourselves.

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.000
 So we

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.680
 begin with

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.279
 repentance,

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.920
 acknowledging his

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.360
 greatness and

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.460
 glory, but

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.880
 then we

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.759
 acknowledge that

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.400
 the one that

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.980
 we bow

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.560
 before is

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.540
 the ultimate

00:23:09.540 --> 00:23:12.720
 father, the

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.019
 ultimate good,

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.920
 the ultimate

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.100
 savior.

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.920
 But then

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.200
 there's a

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.680
 third thing.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.340
 And this

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.840
 may be the

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:24.720
 hardest of

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.000
 all of

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.280
 this.

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.420
 The third

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.860
 thing is

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.720
 trusting him

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.780
 in honesty.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:29.899
 prophecy.

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.559
 And this

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.819
 is one of

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.359
 the remarkable

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:35.039
 things about

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.059
 Habakkuk.

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.579
 When he

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.180
 says there in

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.579
 verse 16, I

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.980
 mean, look what

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.660
 he says here.

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.220
 He says,

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.740
 I hear, and

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.220
 my body

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.980
 trembles, my

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.859
 lips quiver at

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.359
 the sound,

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.980
 rottenness

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.460
 enters my

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.099
 bones, my

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.940
 legs tremble

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.559
 beneath me,

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.879
 yet I will

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:50.240
 quietly wait

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.180
 for the day of

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.079
 trouble to come

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.019
 upon people who

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.639
 invade us.

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.460
 Now, there's a

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.240
 difference in

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.299
 translation here

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.460
 that some

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.380
 versions have.

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.039
 And I don't

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.860
 think this one

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.720
 is necessarily

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.840
 the best, but

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.420
 it's hard to

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.600
 tell.

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.700
 Because one of

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.240
 the ways that

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.940
 this is also

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.559
 translated,

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.259
 particularly in

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.460
 the New

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.200
 American Standard,

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.960
 is that I

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.620
 will quietly

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.340
 wait for the

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.660
 day of

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:15.059
 distress for

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.779
 the people who

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.579
 will come and

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.579
 invade us.

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.920
 And I

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.640
 honestly think

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.420
 that fits the

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.380
 context here a

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.900
 little better.

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.440
 Because what

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.860
 Habakkuk sees,

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:29.519
 what he now

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.740
 can tell is

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.819
 coming is

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.519
 disaster.

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.819
 Because when

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.559
 he gets down

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.740
 to the next

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.740
 verses where

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.079
 he says,

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.679
 though the fig

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.379
 tree should not

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.500
 blossom, nor

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.359
 fruit be on the

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.419
 vines, the

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:43.259
 produce of the

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.319
 olive fail, and

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.059
 the fields yield

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.979
 no food, and

00:24:45.979 --> 00:24:46.559
 on and on,

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:49.059
 every bit of

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.699
 that is going

00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.219
 to happen.

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.539
 In fact,

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.079
 things are going

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.279
 to get so bad

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.619
 in Jerusalem

00:24:56.619 --> 00:25:00.879
 that mothers

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:02.460
 are going to

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.339
 cannibalize their

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:05.160
 children because

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.920
 they're starving,

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:08.480
 because of the

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.779
 siege that the

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.660
 Babylonians are

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.240
 going to bring

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.359
 on the city.

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.200
 You can read

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.139
 all about it

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:16.319
 in Lamentations.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.160
 It's

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.319
 grotesque.

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:24.559
 Habakkuk is

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.879
 going to

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:26.000
 experience all

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.500
 of that.

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.019
 And still,

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.240
 he says,

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:33.259
 I will

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.819
 rejoice.

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.399
 Is he

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.859
 nuts?

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:41.039
 How do you

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.039
 rejoice

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:44.619
 over that?

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:44.700
 That

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:48.439
 this is not

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.160
 hyperbole,

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:52.299
 but he

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.920
 looks square

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.180
 at the

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.820
 hardship and

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.220
 all of its

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.880
 ugliness and

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.840
 still rejoices.

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.880
 In fact,

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.440
 we could also

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.400
 say, unless

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:02.900
 we do look

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.759
 at the reality

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.860
 of our pain

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.779
 and suffering

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.400
 squarely, we

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.700
 do not

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.539
 exercise

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.640
 faith.

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:14.980
 one of the

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.360
 ways we

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.140
 often try to

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.880
 find joy in

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.240
 the hardness

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.180
 of life is

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.280
 basically downplay

00:26:19.280 --> 00:26:19.920
 the suffering.

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:21.040
 We downplay the

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.780
 pain that we

00:26:21.780 --> 00:26:22.320
 experience.

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.020
 We don't want

00:26:23.020 --> 00:26:23.660
 to talk about

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:23.759
 it.

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.100
 We need to

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.900
 be positive.

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:25.940
 Now, if

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.620
 there's something

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:28.040
 wrong with

00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:28.960
 talking about

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.920
 if we're really

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.540
 in a hard

00:26:31.540 --> 00:26:32.440
 place, talking

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.960
 about how

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.580
 hard a place

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.340
 that is,

00:26:36.520 --> 00:26:37.140
 because somehow

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.860
 we think that's

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.500
 not faith.

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:40.140
 faith is

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.900
 putting the

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.599
 smile on our

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.640
 face and

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.420
 just being

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.980
 happy.

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.039
 And so we

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.819
 ignore her.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.960
 We kind of

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.779
 just put it

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.579
 aside and

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.319
 pretend that

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.799
 it doesn't

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.299
 hurt.

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.119
 Focus on the

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.079
 positive, but

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.579
 what we may

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.140
 actually be

00:26:58.140 --> 00:27:00.920
 doing is

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.859
 minimizing the

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.799
 pain to

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.440
 accommodate

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.619
 our weak

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.200
 faith.

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.839
 because, see,

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.940
 faith, when

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.440
 there is no

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:14.220
 challenge, is

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.940
 no faith.

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.220
 But when

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:21.220
 faith is

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:23.319
 shaken and

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.180
 challenged,

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.900
 when we face

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:28.799
 the reality of

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.500
 this chaos and

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.859
 confusion and

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.599
 hardship, that

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.019
 is when faith

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.740
 is real.

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:36.819
 people.

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:42.160
 You know, in

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:45.539
 my case, I

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.120
 had been angry

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:48.660
 for months, and

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.559
 finally somebody

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:51.500
 reminded me of

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.940
 who God was,

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:56.500
 and something

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.140
 changed in my

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.579
 heart.

00:27:58.579 --> 00:28:01.480
 and I had an

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.500
 opportunity to go

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.480
 spend about three

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.379
 days alone.

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.179
 Well, not

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:08.460
 alone, but in a

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.399
 wrestling match

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:12.299
 with God

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:15.159
 himself and

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:16.879
 his word and

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:18.039
 wrestling with the

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.019
 realities of what

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:21.460
 was said and

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:24.139
 looking at the

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.960
 pain in the

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.960
 face and

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.579
 trying to make

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:31.779
 sense of

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.299
 all of this,

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.779
 wrestling,

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.120
 trusting him,

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.180
 asking him a lot

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.779
 of questions.

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.340
 It says, all

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.299
 right, what is

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.460
 all this stuff in

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.000
 your word about

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.700
 justice?

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.860
 How am I

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.920
 supposed to pray

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.400
 now?

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.920
 How am I

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.660
 supposed to pray

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.519
 when I prayed all

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.259
 these years for

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.120
 something and you

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.980
 gave me just the

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.420
 opposite?

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:54.820
 how am I

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.420
 supposed to

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:57.900
 trust you with

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.400
 things that are

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.380
 very dear to me

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.680
 because you

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.700
 hurt me?

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:05.200
 How am I

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.680
 supposed to deal

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.960
 with you?

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.519
 And that

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:14.060
 conversation, that

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:15.060
 wrestling match,

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:18.580
 was transformative.

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.060
 It led me to

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:22.960
 repent to some

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.440
 of the people

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.039
 that were very

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.759
 dear to me.

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:28.200
 It led me to a

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:30.640
 spring of joy that

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.820
 I was so desperately

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:35.220
 thirsty for because

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:38.039
 I found God

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.140
 himself.

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:44.580
 See, Jesus is our

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.519
 great example in

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.779
 this.

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.840
 There was a

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.279
 sermon that

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.920
 Jonathan Edwards

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:49.840
 preached, of

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.380
 course, obviously

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.000
 years ago.

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:53.620
 It was called

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.440
 Christ's agony.

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.539
 And this is what

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:59.259
 Edwards says as he

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.660
 describes Jesus'

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.019
 preparation for

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.460
 going to the

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.920
 cross.

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.880
 He says, when he

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.019
 had, when Jesus

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:10.039
 had a full sight

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:12.720
 given him, what

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.660
 that wrath of God

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:15.100
 was that he was to

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:17.100
 suffer, the sight

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.800
 was overwhelming

00:30:17.800 --> 00:30:19.400
 to him.

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.560
 It made his soul

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:22.419
 exceedingly sorrowful,

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.519
 even to death.

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.359
 Christ was going to

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.460
 be cast into a

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.839
 dreadful furnace of

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.599
 wrath, and it was

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.679
 not proper that he

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:30.700
 should plunge himself

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.200
 into it blindfolded,

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.139
 as if not knowing how

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.000
 dreadful the furnace

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.579
 was.

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.039
 Therefore, that he

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.039
 might not do so,

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:41.259
 God first brought him

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.139
 and set him at the

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:43.039
 mouth of the furnace,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.419
 that he might look in

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:47.779
 and stand and view its

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.640
 fierce and raging

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:51.180
 flames, and might see

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:54.259
 where he was going, and

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:56.560
 might voluntarily enter

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:58.039
 into it and bear it for

00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:00.240
 sinners as knowing what it

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.600
 was.

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:05.039
 Christ obeyed and trusted

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:09.680
 the Father, knowing full

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.700
 well what it meant.

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.860
 But it's interesting there,

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:17.160
 we see in Hebrews 12, a

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.960
 little bit more of a

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.779
 description there.

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.000
 He says, looking to

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.279
 Jesus, the founder and

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.360
 perfecter of our faith,

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:24.120
 who for the joy set

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:27.400
 before him, he endured

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.019
 the cross.

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.840
 He endured the cross, he

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:31.019
 persevered through the

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:33.080
 pain because he knew what

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:34.400
 was on the other side, and

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.019
 he knew the one he was

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.460
 entrusting himself to.

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:41.380
 And that was the faith

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.360
 that had to be

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.100
 demonstrated.

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.980
 But this is the kind of

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.140
 faith we're called to.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:52.200
 To trust God in light of,

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:55.640
 in full view of, the pain.

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.140
 Don't minimize it.

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.980
 Look at it squarely in the

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.380
 face.

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.700
 Take it to your good

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:08.779
 Father who is working

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.660
 for your salvation, and

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:12.100
 give it to him, and

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:13.019
 say, what do I do with

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.400
 this?

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.299
 Meet me here.

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.700
 But that's exactly what

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.980
 happened, God does with

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.500
 Habakkuk.

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.000
 We get to that fourth

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:27.240
 point where he says,

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:29.380
 Habakkuk now comes to that

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:30.819
 place where he rejoices in

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.080
 hope.

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:34.380
 He rejoices.

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:37.700
 Let's read, let me read

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:40.480
 those verses again in

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.920
 verse 17 and 18.

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.960
 Though the fig tree should

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.360
 not blossom, nor the fruit

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:49.060
 be on the vines, the fruit

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:50.260
 of the olive fail, and the

00:32:50.260 --> 00:32:52.220
 fields yield no food, the

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.440
 flock be cut off from the

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.560
 fold, there be no herd in

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:56.660
 the stalls, yet I will

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.300
 rejoice.

00:32:57.299 --> 00:33:02.940
 I will rejoice.

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.940
 How can he rejoice?

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.740
 Because of hope.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:12.279
 There is a hope that has

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.319
 now been generated through

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:17.359
 his repentance, through his

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:19.180
 coming to see who God is,

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:22.139
 remembering the salvation that

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:24.399
 he is working for even in

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.840
 light of this situation, and

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:32.259
 he anchors his soul into now

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.620
 what he knows.

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.140
 And from that, he cannot be

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.600
 budged.

00:33:40.040 --> 00:33:41.259
 And then he goes on to

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.000
 describe it.

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.920
 Well, let me just say this.

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:48.600
 His rejoicing had nothing to

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.540
 do with the change of his

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.140
 circumstances.

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:53.520
 And that's not what he

00:33:53.520 --> 00:33:54.060
 prayed for.

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.640
 He wanted to meet God in

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.280
 the midst of those

00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:58.960
 circumstances.

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:06.120
 We rejoice in the hope

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:07.880
 sometimes, unfortunately.

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:10.260
 Our hope is only based on

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.519
 circumstances changing.

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.360
 And this is where our

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.420
 prayers become very

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.980
 frustrating.

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.820
 Because we pray for a cure

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.400
 of our cancer and it's not

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.880
 cured.

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:22.400
 We pray for relationships to

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:24.319
 be restored and they're not

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:24.839
 restored.

00:34:25.379 --> 00:34:27.440
 We pray for things to happen

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.980
 that we just know we cannot

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.659
 stand and if God were faithful

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:32.119
 he'd fix them and they don't

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.579
 get fixed.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:39.239
 That's not where Habakkuk's

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:41.679
 joy was found.

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.579
 It was found in someone.

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:49.759
 God now that before he didn't

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.360
 understand.

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:53.940
 But a God now he was willing

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.579
 to trust.

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.739
 Because he remembered how good

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.299
 he was.

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:01.759
 And basically saying you're the

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.900
 best option here.

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.159
 It's a good option.

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.360
 I don't know what you're going

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.779
 to bring.

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:11.460
 But you won't change.

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:17.040
 He quotes again

00:35:17.040 --> 00:35:18.000
 verse 19.

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.160
 The Lord

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:20.360
 is his strength.

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.540
 He makes his feet

00:35:21.540 --> 00:35:22.660
 like the deer's.

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.480
 He treads on those

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.420
 high places.

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.880
 Have you ever seen the deer

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.540
 up on those jagged rocks?

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.780
 It looks very treacherous.

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.660
 And that's the way life

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.780
 looks for a lot of us.

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.980
 But for those deer

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:36.120
 they are firm.

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:37.400
 They do not fall.

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:41.340
 And that's the way Habakkuk

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.340
 now sees himself.

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:44.380
 I'm in a world

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.680
 that appears to be

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.560
 very treacherous

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:47.220
 and scary

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.040
 and dangerous

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:49.260
 but my feet

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.240
 are firm

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.880
 because

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.380
 they are now founded

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.420
 in the one

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.720
 who is for me.

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:59.380
 When God's good gifts

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.519
 are no longer present

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:03.320
 the one who trusts him

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.120
 say

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:06.420
 that may be bad

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:08.240
 but it's okay

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:10.539
 because I still have

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.360
 what I want

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:14.320
 and that's you.

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.600
 So in the end

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:19.559
 here's the question

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:21.240
 when we get into

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:22.180
 these hard places

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:25.280
 who am I going to trust?

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:30.480
 Who am I going to trust?

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:33.760
 And the one

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.460
 that appears

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.280
 sometimes

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.619
 to be against you

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:38.599
 is actually

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.980
 the one

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.460
 fighting

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.840
 for you.

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.360
 And he's inviting

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.960
 you

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.780
 in

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.980
 to a deeper

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.519
 knowledge

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.280
 of himself.

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.420
 He says

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.340
 come to me.

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.860
 Come to me

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.860
 and learn

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.599
 from me.

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.820
 Come to me.

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.579
 I am destroying

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.579
 your enemies.

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:01.219
 I am working

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.579
 for you.

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.819
 I am willing

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.400
 to move

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.579
 heaven and earth

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:09.519
 to see you

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.019
 grow.

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.659
 Trust me.

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.219
 That's the invitation.

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.679
 Come to him.

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:26.699
 I don't know

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.559
 what your situation

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.059
 is.

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.699
 Come to him.

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.259
 He's good.

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.219
 Let's pray.

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.980
 Father would you

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.679
 help us

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.239
 to trust you.

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:45.099
 Sometimes we're

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.019
 scared of trusting you.

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.719
 We don't know you.

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:50.119
 But would you

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:51.259
 reveal yourself

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.799
 to us

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:53.000
 even as you did

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.659
 to Habakkuk

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:56.359
 would you

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.699
 show us

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.559
 our helplessness

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:59.759
 but then

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.519
 remind us

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.500
 that you're

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.339
 fighting for us

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.679
 and you're

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.719
 riding through

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.559
 the earth

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:06.719
 in salvation

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:08.099
 for

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.179
 us.

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.619
 So come

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:13.279
 save us

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:14.259
 in the midst

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:15.079
 of our troubles.

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.460
 Save us

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:18.000
 for yourself

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.599
 and fill

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.099
 our hearts

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:22.039
 with rejoicing

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.819
 because of the

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:24.220
 hope we have

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:25.039
 in you.

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.820
 We pray

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.280
 in Jesus'

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.780
 name.

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.380
 Amen.

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:34.400
 For more information

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.700
 visit us online

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.120
 at

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:37.000
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00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:42.659
 friends,

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:46.820
 on our

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:50.400
ession

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.019
 on

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.500
ppo

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.539
 and

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.380
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00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.920
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