Very nice. One of your best pieces. When I read, 'that he who reads it may run' I think of it as being clear enough that we may act on it unhesitatingly. Habbakuk set out to leave no doubt in our minds. The prophet condensed all that he knew about God into his great antithesis between pride and faith. Pride twists the soul, warps and distorts it. But faith makes men just and gives life to them for the eye of faith sees the Lord, as in the prophet's third chapter, standing up mighty to save. Beautiful.
Thanks for that, Jon! I am so glad this piece spoke to you. When I preached through Habakkuk a few months ago, I found it to be one of the most impactful and resonant prophetic books in the OT. We who endure do so by faith alone.
Very nice. One of your best pieces. When I read, 'that he who reads it may run' I think of it as being clear enough that we may act on it unhesitatingly. Habbakuk set out to leave no doubt in our minds. The prophet condensed all that he knew about God into his great antithesis between pride and faith. Pride twists the soul, warps and distorts it. But faith makes men just and gives life to them for the eye of faith sees the Lord, as in the prophet's third chapter, standing up mighty to save. Beautiful.
Thanks for that, Jon! I am so glad this piece spoke to you. When I preached through Habakkuk a few months ago, I found it to be one of the most impactful and resonant prophetic books in the OT. We who endure do so by faith alone.