Sermon Audio: Making Sense of Today’s News (Part 2 of 2)
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Habakkuk 1:1-11
Duration: 27:33
Size: 12.6 MB
Making Sense of Today’s News (Part 2 of 2)
Habakkuk 1:1-11
The questions I want to ask today are these:
“How should we think about these events?”
“How do we make sense of today’s news?”
“And how does today’s news fit into the grand scheme of history?”
The message of Habakkuk is one of the most helpful portions of Scripture to help us make sense of today’s news.
II. God’s Ways Are Often Misunderstood
A. By Careless Christians (1:5)
The trouble with Judah was that they never believed God’s prophets. People often do not believe God’s preachers.
We dare not go on any longer being apathetic.
B. By Non-Christians (1:11)
They credited all their success to their own strength.
And suddenly, they have found themselves cast down by God.
C. By the Prophet Himself (1:2-4)
But his reaction was very different. His question was how to reconcile all of what God was doing with the character of God.
Four lessons we can learn from Habakkuk.
First, today’s news is under God’s control.
Second, today’s news follows God’s plan.
Third, today’s news follows God’s timetable.
Fourth, today’s news is bound up with God’s kingdom.