“Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you” (Habakkuk 1:5). The Lord told Habakkuk, “I’m going to raise up a rod of correction to bring judgment on the land. And it will all be my doing. If I told you how swiftly it will come and how terrible it will be, you would not believe it.”
Right now, many in God’s house are placing their hope in government bailouts — trillions intended to save the economy, rescue the financial system, provide millions of jobs. They're hoping the brightest leaders in our land will solve our problems and get us back to prosperity. Oh, how arrogant to think money can correct man’s ways! How proud to believe our currency can withstand God’s righteous ways.
Yet, what does this mean, to live by one’s faith? God’s Word shows us it means more than simply believing. To live by one’s faith is to see God’s hand and his holiness in all calamities and shaking: “The Lord is known by the judgment which he executes” (Psalm 9:16).
“When thy hand is lifted up, (the wicked) will not see” (Isaiah 26:11). The world doesn't see God lifting his hand to bring chastening. But those who live by faith readily acknowledge, “What we are seeing is God’s hand at work. This is his holiness being established. He is keeping his Word.”
What It Means to Live By One's Faith World Challenge
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