A Faithful God Deserves Faith

Habakkuk 2:3-4 says, “For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late. 4 Look, his ego is inflated; he is without integrity. But the righteous one will live by his faith.”

You may be thinking, “Are you serious? Who writes a blog on Habakkuk?” but just stick with me.

If you read the most recent post, there is something called living by faith, and I intended to know what that is. However, every step we take in finding the answers or hints, we must know that our ultimate goal is to love God. If we are ever losing focus of this goal, we are chasing after idols, not matter how spiritual it may look. “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you (Matthew 6:33).” God, we come before You to seek after You. We want to love You more and we ask that You would take our hands and pull us to where we need to be.

Chapter two of this book shows Habakkuk waiting for God, and then the Lord gives Him something to write down. The passage we pulled out is from God talking to Habakkuk saying it is important for him to write down the Lord’s words. He calls the writing down of the vision important so that one may easily read it. Why is this important? God is so gracious.

I fall short of teaching music well. That is, I don’t have the patience to explain again and again the most basic music theory to a student. When I taught drums, I simply told my students to play right, and if they didn’t, I would almost blow up. How deep is the patience of God that He would take time to explain the indescribable in way that we can get it. I could talk to people all day about music theory and other advanced subjects, but it takes humbleness for me to leave the conversation with my fellow intellectuals and teach someone on a lower level. That is exactly what God has done and continues to do for us; He gets on our level and explains in a way that we can maybe grasp a glimpse.

The importance of this is that He doesn’t tell us to have faith in something so far above us; instead, He has left reminders for us to look back to as reference points. He didn’t tell the Israelites to follow Him without showing them that He was indeed capable of doing what He said He would do. He gave sign after sign showing His might a power, and the Israelites had so many chances to look back and have faith that God would continue to provide and guide.

“Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.” Though we may not see it now, God still is faithful. Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to watch someone breathe, but between every breath, they started freaking out and while flaring their arms, and they try to figure out what’s wrong. However, all of this is cured when they take the next breath but after they do, they begin the same process. Isn’t that our life looks like considering Christ?

I think the Israelites leave the biggest example. God parted the Red Sea, which was a pretty big deal, however, if God does not show them something every single second of the day, they begin to freak out. I think Faith is strengthened when we remember the things God does for us. Think about it. If we went through the Bible and wrote down every time God provided or came through for someone, wouldn’t we have a massive list of examples? So every time we feel alone or like God is a million miles away, we can read through what He has done.

If only we could wait. If only we could remember our memories well enough to influence our futures. God has been so faithful, meaning that He has been loyal and has kept up with His promises; don’t we owe Him our faith? Think about it, you don’t have to remind your friend to breathe, do you? I hope not, for if your friend is in good condition, he or she should breath faithfully, without forgetting. Why would you doubt that he or she would breathe if they do it without even thinking because it’s their nature to do it? Why would doubt that an all Loving God is no longer loving? Why would doubt that a graceful God is no longer forgiving? Why do we not have faith in a Faithful God?

“But the righteous one will by his faith.” Of course they will. Look at Abraham. He was considered righteous because of His faith in God. Abraham watched God provide even when Abraham thought he knew best, but when Isaac was born, I think Abraham finally got to thinking more about it. This is meant to be encouraging, because Abraham was older than a hundred years old, so if you don’t get it now… be patience and try to stay alive.

So how do live by faith? We remember Who we have faith. – Forsake All