Faith When It Doesn't Make Sense
Eric Marvin, Pastor
In Week 1 of Dealing with Disappointment, Pastor Eric Marvin introduces the book of Habakkuk and one of the most difficult experiences every person eventually faces: disappointment. Sometimes disappointment is not the sudden pain of tragedy but a dull ache that refuses to disappear, the prayer that was not answered the way we expected, the plan that fell apart, or the moment when we find ourselves asking God, Why did You allow this to happen?
Habakkuk understood that feeling. He watched his nation move toward reform under King Josiah only to see that progress collapse as Assyria fell, Babylon rose, and Judah found itself caught in the middle. Habakkuk brought his difficult questions directly to God: Why are You allowing this? Why are You not doing something? And why would You choose to work this way?
God does not give Habakkuk an easy explanation. Instead, He tells him, “The righteous one will live by his faith.” That leaves us with a choice. We can place our faith in things we understand: ourselves, money, status, relationships, security, and success, or we can place our faith in a God who is greater than our ability to fully comprehend Him.
Habakkuk teaches us that dealing with disappointment does not begin by understanding everything God does. It begins by trusting who God is. When life does not make sense, we can continue walking by faith in the God who sees what we cannot see and works in ways we may not yet understand.
