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Habakkuk Bows in Submission to the Lord

“Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One?” Habakkuk exclaimed. And then, his faith laying hold on the precious promises that reveal God's love for His children, the prophet added, “We shall not die.” Verse 12. With this declaration of faith he rested the case of every believing Israelite in the hands of a compassionate God. SS 202.4

This was not Habakkuk's only experience in the exercise of strong faith. On one occasion he said, “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me.” Graciously the Lord answered: “Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:1-4. SS 203.1