The Book of Habakkuk begins with Habakkuk crying out to God for an answer to why God’s chosen people are allowed to suffer in their captivity (Habakkuk 1 : 1 – 4). The Lord gives His answer to Habakkuk, essentially stating, “You wouldn’t believe it if I told you” (Habakkuk 1 : 5 – 11). Habakkuk then follows up by saying, “OK, you are God, but, still, tell me more about why this is happening” (Habakkuk 1 : 17 — 2 : 1). God then answers him again and gives him more information, then tells the earth to be silent before Him (Habakkuk 2 : 2 – 20). Then Habakkuk writes a prayer expressing his strong faith in God even through these trials (Habakkuk 3 : 1 – 19).
The prophet Habakkuk decries the sins of Judah but grapples with the fact that God’s chosen people will suffer at the hands of enemies even more wicked than they. God answers Habakkuk’s questions, resulting in continuing faith in God’s wisdom, sovereignty, and salvation.
The apostle Paul quotes Habakkuk 2 : 4 on two occasions (Romans 1 : 17; Galatians 3 : 11) to reiterate the doctrine of justification by faith. The faith that is the gift of God and available through Christ is at once a faith that saves (Ephesians 2 : 8 – 9) and a faith that sustains throughout life. We attain eternal life by faith, and we live the Christian life by the same faith. In contrast to the “proud,” whose soul is not right within him (Habakkuk 2 : 4, NASB) and whose desires are not upright (NIV), is the one made righteous by faith in Christ. That person’s sin was exchanged for Christ’s perfection (2 Corinthians 5 : 21). Now his soul is right within him, and his desires are upright, as Christ has enabled him to live by faith. The redeemed person is not proud but is humble (see Matthew 5 : 5). He follows the Lord Jesus, who is “gentle and humble in heart” (Matthew 11 : 29).
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