Series: Getting through what you are going through
EVEN IF
Memory
Verse: Habakkuk 3:17–18 (NLT) — 17
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the
vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, 18
yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I
will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Text: Habakkuk 1:12-2:4; 3:1-2, 16-19.
INTRODUCTION:
“Your plan and God's plan are rarely the same”—Ray Pritchard
I.
Common
Reactions to Adversity:
First, Blame game.
John 11:21; 11:32
Second, resentment against God:
Job 2:9–10
Third,
being terrified of God.
Job 23:13–15
Fourth,
arguing with God.
Job 40:2
Fifth,
envying the wicked.
Psalm
73:3
Sixth,
disillusionment.
Psalm 73:13
Seventh, denial.
Eighth, accept it and use it
as a teaching moment
II.
Christian
Response to Adversity.
First,
Reverent submission to God’s sovereign will.
Job 1:21; 34:12 ; 36:26
Second,
Trust in God no matter how bad the situation.
Genesis 18:25; Psalm 55:22–23; Habakkuk
3:17–18; Nehemiah 8:10; Romans 8:35, 37
“Our troubles can nearly all be traced to our
persistence in looking at the immediate problems themselves, instead of looking
at them in the light of God.” --
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Third,
Hold on to the Unchanging Truths about God.
Habakkuk 1:12 -13 ,17
“Sometimes what we need is a good dose to theology to strengthen our
faltering faith.”-- Pastor Ray Pritchard
Veggie
Tales
My
God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
The mountains are His, the rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork too
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do, hey, hey
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
The mountains are His, the rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork too
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
The mountains are His, the rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork too
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
There's nothing my God cannot do
There's nothing, nothing, nothing He can't do
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
The mountains are His, the rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork too
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do, hey, hey
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
The mountains are His, the rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork too
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
The mountains are His, the rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork too
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do
There's nothing my God cannot do
There's nothing, nothing, nothing He can't do
Kutless –
Even If Lyrics
Sometimes all we have to hold on to
Is what we know is true of who You are
So when the heartache hits like a hurricane
That could never change who You are
And we trust in who You are
Even if the healing doesn’t come
And life falls apart
And dreams are still undone
You are God You are good
Forever faithful One
Even if the healing
Even if the healing doesn’t come
Lord we know Your ways are not our ways
So we set our faith in who You are
Even though You reign high above us
You tenderly love us
We know Your heart
And we rest in who You are
You’re still the Great and Mighty One
We trust You always
You’re working all things for our good
We’ll sing your praise
You are God and we will bless You
As the Good and Faithful One
You are God and we will bless You
Even if the healing doesn’t come
Even if the healing doesn’t come
Is what we know is true of who You are
So when the heartache hits like a hurricane
That could never change who You are
And we trust in who You are
Even if the healing doesn’t come
And life falls apart
And dreams are still undone
You are God You are good
Forever faithful One
Even if the healing
Even if the healing doesn’t come
Lord we know Your ways are not our ways
So we set our faith in who You are
Even though You reign high above us
You tenderly love us
We know Your heart
And we rest in who You are
You’re still the Great and Mighty One
We trust You always
You’re working all things for our good
We’ll sing your praise
You are God and we will bless You
As the Good and Faithful One
You are God and we will bless You
Even if the healing doesn’t come
Even if the healing doesn’t come
Songwriters: WOOD, TONY / KRIPPAYNE, SCOTT
Even If lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Fourth, Wait on the Lord. Habakkuk 2:1; Isaiah
40:31
