Min. Mamie Williams | Midweek Manna 07/22/26

Main message: Waiting (the "runway" or liminal space) is not passive delay but a formative, prophetic season in which God speaks; we must embrace that waiting like Habakkuk, receive and record the revelation, and then run with it to act justly and love our neighbors.

Key points:

• The sermon uses Habakkuk 2:1–3 as a model: station yourself on the ramparts, hold the question before God, be expectant rather than idle.
• The "runway" or liminal space (between what was and what will be) is where God forms vision — biblical examples include the wilderness and exile.
• Three disclosures from the wait: it gives altitude/sight (you see what speed hides), it exposes identity beyond titles, and the revelation you receive is meant for others (write it down and share it).
• A warning against a distorted, supremacist Christianity (examples cited: "Don't Sharia my Texas" and attacks in Ireland); the church must name and resist theology that dehumanizes immigrants and others.
• A pastoral charge to respond: act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (Micah-style ethic), and trust that God has assigned the gate — the revelation will come in its appointed time.

Scriptures mentioned: Habakkuk 2:1-3, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 43:19, Ezekiel 37, Jeremiah 29:11, Micah 6:8, Matthew 2