WHAT DO YOU SEE NOW?

Pastor Bryan – GOOD PLANS – WHAT DO YOU SEE NOW?

If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

Proverbs 29:18 (MSG)

In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 2:17

BIG IDEA: gives in the midst of difficulty.

HELP ME SEE CLEARLY (A CASE STUDY ON HABAKKUK)

Habakkuk is living in a season where nothing makes sense.

• Spiritually .
• compromised.
• Surrounded by violence and .
• Watching increase.
• Wondering why God seemed .

How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save. Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery? Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence. I am surrounded by people who love to argue and fight. The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.

Habakkuk 1:2-4

Habakkuk isn’t struggling because he lacks … he’s struggling because he lacks .

I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guard post. There I will wait to see what the Lord says…  Then the Lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.

Habakkuk 2:1-2

Some people want vision without . But clear vision usually requires from the .

WHY PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SEE CLEARLY

– distorts .

– limits .

– clouds .

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

I will climb up to my watchtower…

Habakkuk 2:1

Some people haven’t heard their own thoughts in years because they’re listening to everyone else’s.

Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.

Mark 1:35

Withdrawal is not isolation—it’s .

         2.

…There I will wait to see what the Lord says.

Habakkuk 2:1

But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] Will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.

Isaiah 40:31 (AMP)

is never while God is still .

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Write my answer plainly on tablets…

Habakkuk 2:2

Unwritten vision usually becomes vision.

• Start .
• Develop a LIST.
• Write a list.
• Create a book.

Some of you need to stop documenting only your problems and start documenting God’s .

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So that a runner can carry the correct message…

Habakkuk 2:2

God rarely gives you the whole map but always the next move.

Clarity often increases obedience begins.