The prophet who questioned God — and learned to live by faith.
"But the just shall live by his ______."
'The just shall live by his faith' is quoted three times in the New Testament — Romans, Galatians, Hebrews — and it was the verse that turned Martin Luther's world upside down.
Habakkuk is the prophet who argues with God — the book opens with 'O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?' God takes the question seriously.
The book ends with one of Scripture's greatest 'even if' statements: though the fig tree fails and the stalls stand empty, 'yet I will rejoice in the LORD.'
Chapter 3 is a psalm with musical directions attached — Habakkuk signed off his prophecy like a worship leader: 'to the chief singer on my stringed instruments.'