昨天的讨论，让我们明白了一件事，就是我们对自己所说的话，无论是有意识或没意识，都会大大的影响我们的感受。先知哈巴谷的生命和经验，便清楚的说明了这一点，让我们现在来看看。今天的经文主要是回想神过去的拯救。一口气来把整段经文读完是有好处的，因为这样能够让我们捕捉先知思想的全貌和力量。

首先，他是有意识地将注意力集中在神是大能和全能（3-7节）上。他说：「他的辉煌如同日光；从他手里射出光线，在其中藏着他的能力……他站立，使地震动，观看，赶散万民。」接着，他集中在以色列在埃及得拯救的事实上（8-15节）：「你以江河分开大地。山岭见你，无不战惧……深渊发声……日月都在本宫停住……你发愤恨通行大地……你乘马践踏红海……」

你看到哈巴谷在这里做甚么吗？他令人回想神在过去怎样帮助祂的百姓；当他专注仰望神的信实和能力的时候，剩下的疑惑云雾便被驱散了。这就是处理恐惧和疑惑的属灵方法──有意识地思念神过去拯救的事实。当先知这样做时，他开始感到好了一点。为甚么呢？因为对神的正面想法会带来对神的正面感受，屡试不爽。

Now we have established the idea that what we tell ourselves, consciously or unconsciously, greatly influences how we feel, we look at how this is illustrated in the prophet Habakkuk's life and experience. The section before us today is dominated by remembrances of God's deliverances in the past. It is helpful to take in the whole section at one time so that we catch the sweep and force of the prophet's thinking.

First, he consciously focuses on the thought that God is mighty and all-powerful (vv.3-7). He says: "His splendour was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden...He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble." Next, he concentrates on the facts which surrounded Israel's deliverance from Egypt (vv.8-15): "You split the earth with rivers; the mountains saw you and writhed...the deep roared...Sun and moon stood still...you strode through the earth...in anger...You trampled the sea with your horses...".

Can you see what Habakkuk is doing here? He is calling to mind the way in which God has come to the aid of His people in times past, and the more he focuses on God's faithfulness and power, the more the remaining mists of fog and confusion are dispelled. This, then, is the divinely provided way of handling all fear and confusion - consciously to focus on the facts of God's deliverances in the past. When the prophet did this, he began to feel better. And why? Because positive thoughts about God led to positive feelings about God. They always do.