15『虽然无花果树不发芽，葡萄树不结果；橄榄树不效力，田地不出粮食；圈中绝了羊，棚内也没有牛。然而我要因耶和华欢腾；因救我的神喜乐。主耶和华是我的力量；祂使我的脚快如母鹿的蹄，又使我行在高处。』（17～上。）这几节经文指明在黑暗的时候，就是在了无一物的时候，哈巴谷信靠耶和华。这一段经文看起来虽然很好，但大体上是发表哈巴谷天然的观念，没有多少对基督的启示。甚至哈巴谷在缺乏时信靠耶和华的观念也是天然的。这些经文无法与保罗的著作相比。保罗的观念是不一样的。他遇见难处时，曾三次祷告，但主告诉他，祂不会把刺挪开，祂的恩典是彀他用的。（林后十二7～10。）当保罗缺食时，他没有像哈巴谷那样『信靠』主；相反的，他乃是利用这机会禁食。就某一面意义来说，他不需要信靠主，因为他已经在主里面，主也在他里面。不仅如此，他没有想要守律法，他乃是活基督。（加二20，腓一21上。）虽然许多基督徒珍赏哈巴谷三章十七至十九节上半的经文，我们却需要被带到另一个领域，就是基督的领域里。这一段经文不是照著关于基督的神圣启示，乃是照著申言者天然、属人和宗教的观念。我们若被带进基督的领域里，就不会珍赏旧约中许多地方所表达的天然、宗教的想法。相反的，我们会珍赏神话语中神圣的启示。并且，我们不会像哈巴谷那样的『信靠』主，乃是看见我们在基督里，基督也在我们里面。
15“For the fig tree will not sprout, / And there will be no yield on the vines; / The labor on the olive tree will fail, / And the fields will make no food; / The flock will be cut off from the fold, / And there will be no herd in the stalls. / Yet I will exult in Jehovah; / I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. / Jehovah the Lord is my strength; / And He makes my feet like hinds’ feet / And will cause me to walk on my high places” (vv. 17-19a). 19 These verses indicate that in a dark time, a time when there was nothing, Habakkuk trusted in Jehovah. All these verses seem very good, but for the most part they express Habakkuk’s natural concept, without much revelation of Christ. Even Habakkuk’s concept of trusting in Jehovah during a time of need was natural. There is no comparison between these verses and Paul’s writings. Paul’s concept was different. When he was troubled, he prayed three times, but the Lord told him that He would not remove the thorn and that His grace was sufficient for him (2 Cor. 12:7-10). When Paul was short of food, he did not “trust” in the Lord in the way Habakkuk did; rather, he took the opportunity to fast. In a very real sense, he did not need to trust in the Lord, for he was in the Lord already, and the Lord was in him. Furthermore, instead of trying to keep the law, he lived Christ (Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:21a). Whereas many Christians appreciate verses such as Habakkuk 3:17-19a, we need to be brought into another realm, the realm of Christ. These verses are not according to the divine revelation concerning Christ but according to the prophet’s natural, human, and religious concept. If we are brought into the realm of Christ, we will not appreciate the natural, religious thought expressed in much of the Old Testament. Rather, we will treasure the divine revelation in the Word. Moreover, instead of “trusting” in the Lord like Habakkuk did, we will see that the crucial matter is not trusting but realizing that we are in Christ and that Christ is in us.