今天，我们来到第四个步骤──从迷惘到信靠需要采取的第四个步骤，那就是：在所奠定的属灵光景里思考问题。

今天的经文让我们看到哈巴谷在这方面的行动。他没有将注意力集中在自己的感受或环境上，而是集中在神的本质和品格上。他逐一提出神的一些属性，提醒自己神本性的特点：
．祂永恒的本质──「耶和华我的神……你不是从亘古而有吗？」；
．祂的信实──「我们必不致死」；
．祂的公义──「你派定他为要刑罚人」；
．祂的圣洁──「你眼目清洁，不看邪僻」；
．祂的全能──「你使人如海中的鱼」。

有些解经家相信，哈巴谷在这里指出神的属性，目的是要建立一个论据，认为神提出的做法与祂的神性相违。我想17节在某程度上显示他所提的是正确的，但我相信哈巴谷提出神的属性的另一个原因，是为了要提醒自己神是谁，以平复自己的激动。你看，只有当我们明白神是谁，我们才明白祂所做的事。哈巴谷等于说：「主，我不知道你现在正在做甚么，但我知道──你是公义、信实、圣洁、纯洁和大能的神」。属灵生命的原则是，我们越明白神的品格和本质，越能够肯定祂的决定的正确性。

Now we come to the fourth step we need to take to move : establish a spiritual context in which to think through the problem.

Look how Habakkuk sets about doing this as illustrated in the verses that are before us today. He focuses his attention, not on his feelings or his circumstances, but on the nature and character of God. One by one, he singles out some of the attributes of God and reminds himself of the characteristics of God's nature: "O Lord, are you not from everlasting?" - His eternal nature; "We will not die" - His faithfulness; "You have appointed them to execute judgment" - His justice; "Your eyes are too pure to look on evil" - His holiness, "You have made men like fish in the sea" - His omnipotence.

Some commentators believe that the reason Habakkuk identifies God's attributes here is simply to build up an argument that the course proposed by God is contrary to His character. I think there is some truth in that as evidenced by his question in verse 17, but another reason why he sets about identifying God's attributes - so I believe - is to attempt to steady himself by reminding himself who God is. You see, it is only when we understand who God is that we will understand what He does. Habakkuk was saying, in effect: "I don't know what you are doing, Lord, but I know this - You are a God of justice, of faithfulness, of holiness, of purity and of power." It is a law of the spiritual life that the more we understand God's character and nature, the more certain we will be about the rightness of His decisions.