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“His soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4).
This verse tells us that the person who is proud, and whose “soul is lifted up” is not upright. He thinks that he can manage on his own, without trusting the Lord. But the just shall live by his faith. This verse is so important that it is repeated three times in the New Testament — in Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews. See if you can find them!
We cannot be just before God unless we know the Lord Jesus as our Savior, but when we are saved, we are told to live by faith. Someone has said that it requires only a little faith to bring us to heaven, but that much faith will bring heaven to the soul. This means that even in the little things of everyday life, we can ask the Lord for His help. For example, we can ask Him for help in our exams, or perhaps to do something else that is difficult. (But we cannot expect the Lord to help us get good grades if we have not studied!) We can ask him for safety in any kind of danger; we can ask Him to help us find something that we have lost. The Lord wants to help us, and wants us to trust Him.
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