Teaching Outline

GPNaz Teaching Outline – June 22, 2025
More Wisdom for 2025: Habakkuk – “Joy in the Middle of Frustration”
The Word of the Lord: Habakkuk 1:1-1:10

The prophet opens with frustration: When God is Silent
 “How long God must I call for help and you will not listen or respond.”

When we have questions, we think or assume that God must or should answer us immediately.

So why is God silent at times?

• Prayer must be God centered and not us centered.

 

• We have known sin in our lives.

Isaiah 40:31: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
 

• What he is saying that people who truly trust and follow God must trust Him enough when they do not have all the answers and when life doesn’t make sense.

In times of Frustration: Find Joy

• There are times God is silent because we have put up barriers to keep us from hearing the answers.

• There are times God is silent because you are in the waiting room.

• Believe that God is always at work!

Habakkuk says chapter 2:1- “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the rampart, I will look to see what he will say to me.”

Habakkuk has learned the lesson of faith. To trust God’s providence regardless of circumstances.
 

• The issue is not God; the issue is us! 

God is always at work- our task is to get on board of whatever God is doing!