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If you are facing something and you say, “I don’t understand, God.  You could do something about this.  If I were You, I would, but you’re not.  I don’t understand.”  If that’s the way You feel about any situation today, or maybe one day, then I’m certain the book of Habakkuk will speak to you.  The question we are going to wrestle with today is, “What do you do when you’re in the dip?” 

What do you do when you are in the dip?  What do you do when you are struggling and you know that God could do something, but He’s not, and He just doesn’t seem fair and life just doesn’t make sense and you’re wondering, “God, where are You?  What are you doing?”  We do three things that we learn from this example, when you are in the dip. 

The first thing scripture teaches us to do is, we stop and listen.  We stop and listen.  In fact, if you look at what Habakkuk did, basically, he said, “God, I don’t like this.  I’m complaining to You,” and the beautiful thing is, God seemed to respectfully hear this. 

The second thing that you do in the dip is, you write.  You write what God shows you. 

What do you do?  What do you do, when you hit this crisis of belief?  “Where are You, God?  I don’t understand.”  You stop and you listen.  Then, when He shows you anything at all, document it.  Record it.  Write it down.  The third thing that you do when you are in the dip, you wait.