Faith

[Thompson, Darryl]

Faith 

     The just shall live by his faith. Hab. 2:4  

     On one occasion, when meditating concerning the future, 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 him: "Write
the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth
it. . . . The just shall live by his faith."  

     The faith that strengthened Habakkuk and all the holy and the just
in those days of deep trial was the same faith that sustains God's
people today. In the darkest hours, under circumstances the most
forbidding, the Christian believer may keep his soul stayed upon the
source of all light and power. Day by day, through faith in God, his
hope and courage may be renewed. "The just shall live by his faith." In
the service of God there need be no despondency, no wavering, no fear.
The Lord will more than fulfill the highest expectations of those who
put their trust in Him. He will give them the wisdom their varied
necessities demand. . . .  

     We must cherish and cultivate the faith of which prophets and
apostles have testified--the faith that lays hold on the promises of God
and waits for deliverance in His appointed time and way. The sure word
of prophecy will meet its final fulfillment in the glorious Advent of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, as King of kings and Lord of lords.
The time of waiting may seem long, the soul may be oppressed by
discouraging circumstances, many in whom confidence has been placed may
fall by the way; but with the prophet who endeavored to encourage Judah
in a time of unparalleled apostasy, let us confidently declare, "The
Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him."
Let us ever hold in remembrance the cheering message, "The vision is yet
for an appointed time . . . : though it tarry, wait for it; because it
will surely come, it will not tarry. . . . The just shall live by his
faith." 

>From My Life Today - Page 55