Are you overwhelmed by things you can't understand? Do you long to see God intervene? Habakkuk understood that, and he gave us the principle of victory and joy in the midst of trouble.    ----more---- JOURNEYING THROUGH HABAKKUK Every generation is different, and yet the needs of every generation is the same. Every generation needs a spiritual revival in their generation. I hope your heart today is hungry to see a great spiritual awakening in your own life and your family, in your church, and in our world. Because that is the desperate need of this hour. And it was a desperate need, in Habakkuk’s hour as well. We're journeying through Scripture and in this journey, we've come now to the little Old Testament book known as Habakkuk. It is a fascinating little book. It's only three chapters long, and it is set just before the attack by Babylon. Remember now God's people are about to go into captivity. They've been dealing with lots of enemies. They've been dealing with Edom, the Edomites. That was the book of Obadiah. They've been dealing with Assyria. And that's the book of Nahum. But they're dealing with Babylon, and this is the nation God chose to bring them into captivity to. And that's the nation that Habakkuk has in view. That's the circumstance that is in the context of this particular book. Now, let me remind you of something. God often uses wicked men to accomplish his purpose, but in the end, they always get their own judgment. God deals with them. So Edom, Assyria, Babylon, they're not off the hook. Oh no, God's going to deal with him as well. But right now, God is dealing with His own people. Habakkuk’s name means embracer, and it's interesting to me because he has to embrace the reality that his own nation is going into captivity, but there's something greater that he must embrace, and that is, he must embrace the promises of God at low ebb, at a difficult season in his nation. KEY VERSE He still has to believe that God is on the throne, that God has everything under control. Now, that's demonstrated in what I believe is the key verse of the book of Habbakuk. It's found in Habakkuk 2:4. See if this sounds familiar. The Bible says, “Behold, his soul which is lifted up, is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith.” And did you know that verse is famous? Not because it's found in Habakkuk. It's famous because it's repeated three times in the New Testament. That's probably where you've seen it. Romans 1:17. Galatians 3:11. Hebrews 10:38. But the first time it was given was in Habakkuk 2:4.  The key that unlocks the blessing, the key to living in dark days, and the key to seeing revival and spiritual stirring in desperate hours is this key of faith. It unlocks Heaven's door. It brings the blessing. This particular verse becomes the basis for the Church Reformation in history. Habakkuk has even been called the grandfather of the Reformation. Theme We need faith as much in this hour as Habakkuk did in his hour. And I believe the great theme of this book is that faith has to govern every area of your life. My life verse is Galatians 2:20, where Paul wrote, “I'm crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.  Friend, we're all living in the flesh today. If you're breathing right now, you're living in the flesh. But don't just live in the flesh. Live by faith. It's the only way to keep your joy. It's the only way to see God in the midst of the circumstances. Habakkuk has been called by some, the questioning prophet. Someone else called him the “Doubting Thomas” of the Old Testament. He's even been referred to as the Job of the prophets. But before you're too quick to judge Habakkuk, let me tell you, Habakkuk was a holy man. He was a man who walked with God and had God's heart for his people. He was a man who was just broken over the circumstance tha