"I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint"- Habakkuk 2:1 (NIV).
God told Habakkuk the Babylonians were coming to conquer the Israelites, taking everything and everyone as their own. Habakkuk complained to the Lord concerning the merciless droves who took pride in their own strength and lived in luxury, while conquered nations lay at their feet (1:16-17). Then Habakkuk took up his position to see what the Lord had to say about his complaint: Why was evil prevailing? God's answer: Live by faith and trust Him (2:4). Habakkuk, though his heart was pounding and lips quivering, said he would wait for the coming calamity, yet he would remain joyful in God his Savior saying, "The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to tread on the heights" (3:16-19). Will we, like Paul and Silas, shackled and imprisoned unjustly, sing and worship God in the middle of the night (Act 16:25)? Are there not witnesses to our struggles? What encouragement is given, what faith is demonstrated, as others watch God's ambassadors-in-Christ? The people of Judah, like fellow prisoners hearing songs of worship in the middle of night, witnessed testimonies of faith. Jesus told us we would have trouble, but to take heart! He has overcome the world (John 16:33). What do witnesses see in your testimony of faith?
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