Habakkuk 3 The Worship Movement : He, You, I

Habakkuk 3

The Worship Movement : He, You, I

Habakkuk

2:14 – “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.”

Habakkuk

2:14 – “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.”

2:20 – “The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.”

Habakkuk

2:20 – “The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.”

3:17-18 – “Though the fig-tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines .. yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”

Habakkuk

2:4b – “the righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 1:17 “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Habakkuk 2:4b – “the righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 1:17 “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Martin Luther

274th Aldersgate anniversary

Rev Dr Gordon Wong :Why God ?

Chapter 1 – “Protest : When God does not seem to help”

Chapter 2 – “Perseverance : When we feel like giving up”

Chapter 3 – “Praise : When disaster is poised to Strike”

1. Complaining Prayer (1:2 – 2:20)

2. Composed Praise (3:1-19)

David Pawson

Complaining Prayer (1:2 – 2:20) –

Complaint : “God does too little.”Question : “Why don’t the bad suffer ?”Answer : “The bad will suffer (the Babylonians

will come) Complaint : “God does too much.”Questions : “Why use the very bad to punish the bad ?

Why do the good suffer?”Answers : “The good will survive ! The bad will

suffer !”

Composed Praise (3:1-19) –

Habakkuk trembles at God’s past action (3:1-16).

He trusts in God’s future protection (3:17-19).

Chapters 1-2 Chapter 3

Wrestling with God Resting in God

Miserable Happy

Shouting Singing

Prayer Praise

Impatient Patient

Asks for justice Asks for mercy

Down in the dumps On a high

God is inactive (in the

present)

God is active (in the past and

future)

One important bible lesson we can learn from Habakkuk :

Our God is a God who wants to and will speak to us, if we seek Him. And when we hear Him speaking clearly into our lives, our lives will literally turn around.

What is Your word for Your people, Lord ?

Habakkuk 3 “1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.

On shigionoth.

2Lord, I have heard of your fame;I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.”

Habakkuk 3 “1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.

On shigionoth.

2Lord, I have heard of your fame;I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.”

“Probably a literary or musical term”

Habakkuk 3 19The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,He enables me to go on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.”

Habakkuk 3 : a worship song

Habakkuk 3 “3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. SelahHis glory covered the heavens and His praise filled the earth. 4His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden. 5Plague went before Him; pestilence followed His steps.

Habakkuk 3 “6He stood, and shook the earth; He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.”

Habakkuk 3 “3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. SelahHis glory covered the heavens and His praise filled the earth. 4His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden. 5Plague went before Him; pestilence followed His steps.

“Selah” : “pause and think of that / reflect”

“The Worship Movement” (a movement of 3 stages : “He” “You” “I”) –

how worship should progress in our lives to make it very deep and meaningful.



Common criticism of Modern worship songs – too “I”-focused.



“I”-focused is bad if a person does not understand about the Worship movement, and did not process through Stages 1 and 2 in his or her worship life, then jumping immediately to Stage 3 could be a problem.

Habakkuk 3 “3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.

Selah His glory covered the heavens and His praise filled the earth. 4His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden. 5Plague went before Him; pestilence followed His steps. “6He stood, and shook the earth; He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.”

“The Worship Movement”

Stage 1 – “He”The basic foundation of worship is to know Who God is, and What He has done ?

In verses 3 to 7, the prophet Habakkuk basically focused and sang on God’s power in the period covering the exodus, the wilderness and the conquest of Canaan.

Know Who God is, & What He has done in the PAST

(Bible, Church History, our own lives).


Stage 1 – “He”



Stage 2 – “He” “You”

Scripture,Tradition

Habakkuk 3 “8Were You angry with the rivers, O Lord? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode with Your horses and Your victorious chariots? 9You uncovered Your bow, You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers;10the mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.

Habakkuk 3 “11Sun and moon stood still in the heavensat the glint of Your flying arrows, at the lightning of Your flashing spear. 12In wrath You strode through the earthand in anger You threshed the nations. 13You came out to deliver Your people,to save Your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, You stripped him from head to foot.

Selah

Habakkuk 3 “14With his own spear You pierced his headwhen his warriors stormed out to scatter us,gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding. 15 You trampled the sea with Your horses,churning the great waters.”




Know God personally – relate with Him in the PRESENT.

Scripture,Tradition

Experience





Scripture,Tradition

Experience

“Lord, You have helped me. You have loved me. You have been so gracious. You know me.”





Scripture,Tradition

Experience

Habakkuk 3 “16I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us. 17Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

Habakkuk 3 “18yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. 19The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights.

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.”


Stage 3 – “He” “You” “I”



Scripture,Tradition

Experience

Must make a personal response to God – trust Jesus for my FUTURE.

Faith, Hope, Love

In 5 years, the Methodist Church in Sri Lank went from 25,000 to 33,000 church members.

In 5 years, they went from 25,000 to 33,000 church members.

In raising, training and sending the evangelists, and planting new churches, the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka went US$1.3 million in deficit.

In raising, training and sending the evangelists, and planting new churches, the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka went US$1.3 million in deficit.


Stage 3 – “He” “You” “I”



Scripture,Tradition

Experience

Must make a personal response to God – trust Jesus for my FUTURE.

Faith, Hope, Love

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Habakkuk 3 The Worship Movement : He, You, I