1. Is God in control?
2. Wait!
Habakkuk 2:1-5

2. 1. Careful listening 2:1 An expectant faith v1 A submissive spirit v1
Pray until you pray!
A submissive spirit v1
‘the correction that I receive’

3. 1. Careful listening 2:1 A responsive heart v2
Listening to ‘what he will say to me’

4. ‘If we forget that the newspapers are footnotes to scripture and not the other way round, we will finally be afraid to get out of bed in the morning. The meaning of the world is most accurately given to us by God’s Word.’ Eugene Peterson

5. 2. Patient waiting 2:3 An appointed time a specific moment
gasps, yearns for the end

6. 2. Patient waiting 2:3 An appointed time A reliable message
‘It will not prove false’

7. 2. Patient waiting 2:3 An appointed time A reliable message
It will not delay

8. 3. Steadfast believing vv4,5
Unbelief 2:4,5
Inflated with pride
Never at rest
Faith 2:4
‘The righteous will live by his faith’
Justified by faith Rom 1; Gal 3

9. ‘So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded
‘So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a very little while, ‘he who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith.’ And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him. But we we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.’ Hebrews 10:35ff

10. Wait!
Careful listening
Patient waiting
Steadfast believing

11. ‘I have committed my life, talents, work and action to Almighty God, in the sure and certain knowledge that, however slight my hold of him may be, his promises are sure and his hold on me complete.’ William McConnell