Trusting God when life hurts
What do you do when God doesn’t do what you asked? When the job falls through, the relationship ends, or the diagnosis doesn’t change? How do you handle it when you believed Jesus was “the one,” but your life still feels like a prison? Can you really trust God in that kind of fog?
In this message, Pastor Matt walks through Habakkuk’s struggle and John the Baptist’s questions from Matthew 11 to help us face unanswered prayer, anxiety, and disappointment with honest faith. Dive in to this relatable, practical word on trusting God when life hurts.
Chapters
0:00 Why This Message for X Church
3:26 Habakkuk’s Honest Tension
8:32 Why Unmet Expectations Shake Us
13:06 John the Baptist’s Calling
17:52 John’s Crisis in Prison
21:21 Jesus’ Answer and Its Meaning
25:10 Three Responses to Pain
31:55 The Tree Church Building Story
36:06 Matt’s Hardest Year
39:41 Fog, Presence, and Trust
Scripture References
Habakkuk 1:2–5: Habakkuk is frustrated that God is not dealing with evil the way he wants.
Habakkuk 2:4: God contrasts trusting our own ways with living by faith in him.
John 1:29: John boldly points at Jesus and declares he is the Lamb of God.
Matthew 11:2–6: From prison, John questions Jesus, and Jesus answers with signs of the kingdom and a call not to be offended.
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