Habakkuk 2:4 - “Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith."
The soul of man without the Spirit of God has lost its way. The mind, emotion, and will are skewed toward promotion and preservation of self. As the prophet states, it "is not right within him." Human souls, left to themselves, are motivated by fear and the eventual realization that without God, all will be lost. There is the continual grasping for "more," seeking to quell the fear and find that place of fleeting peace the heart of man so desires.
When we come to Christ, His righteousness fills us and seeks to rule our soul through our spirit and the Holy Spirit within. When we surrender to Him, fear must flee. Instead of our previous modus operandi of fleeing from God, we run to Him. This, beloved, allows our righteousness in Him to become reality. It then becomes His creation clinging to the Creator, allowing us to go from faith to faith as our soul becomes "right" before our God.
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