FAITH
Habakkuk 3:1-19
How do we respond to the declaration “The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him”? Surely it is to do exactly that: be silent. And Habakkuk learned silence and in that silence, God is revealed in his majesty, his splendour that covers the heavens as the sun does, that he created. Over the sweep of history, God marches and his will is indomitable.
In silence Habakkuk waits. In silence Habakkuk hopes and believes that God will be faithful.
This silence is what the New Testament calls faith — trusting God, waiting for him even in the midst of trouble, persevering through our struggles and difficulties, knowing that he remains utterly in control; knowing that the day of deliverance will surely come. “You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one.”
In the meantime, God, who is sovereign, gives us strength to rise above our circumstances so that we may continue to do what is good and right in his sight.
I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.