How do we respond when our plans fall apart?

Case Study: Habakkuk

• An unwelcome answer to prayer
• Habakkuk asks God for help and justice (1.2-4)
• God answers, but it is an unwelcome answer (1.5-11)
• Habakkuk at a crossroads
• Does Habakkuk actually trust God, or does only trust God when God’s plan looks like his own?

3 Tools for Growing a Faith that Holds Firm in Uncertain Times

• Keep the lines of communication open (1.12-2.1)
• Communication is one of the best ways to build trust 
• Look back and remember God’s past faithfulness (3.2-15)
• God, who asks for your trust, has already earned it
• Walk with others (3.19b)
• Our faith grows when we see God’s faithfulness to others

Take Home Idea: There is no shortcut to a faith that hold firm in uncertain times