Habakkuk has a personal “2way” relationship with The Lord, evidenced by him asking questions and then preparing to LISTEN to what the LORD may have to say! In many relationships there is one person that “does the talking/asking”, and doesn’t “listen” very much, if at all. Many times, this is true of our relationship with The LORD. We talk and ask, but don’t take time to “listen”...don’t seek to know what God REALLY “thinks” or has to “say”, let alone prepare our hearts & minds to tune in to GOD’s VOICE. This kind of relationship takes us down a path that leads to not truly knowing what God “thinks” or has to “say”, & therefore we have wrong thoughts about Who God is/His Character/His Love/His Mercy/His Grace/His Instructions/His Help, etc. When we don’t take time to prepare our hearts & minds to seek to know what God says, we will invariably “put words into God’s mouth”. This will lead to bad decisions; heartache; discouragement; disillusionment; & ultimately take us far from the kind of relationship with The LORD that we need to have, & far away from the relationship that HE desires for us to have with HIM! When Habakkuk asks his questions, he makes a “commitment” to know what God has to say, & what instructions HE may have for Habakkuk-(Habakkuk2:1, ”I will stand at my watch & station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what HE will say to me, & what answer I am to give to this complaint.”). The 1st thing Habakkuk commits to, is to “stand” & ”station” himself “ on the ramparts”! Habakkuk is faithfully committing to protect his personal thoughts & ideas & desires with the “fortress” of God’s Word by standing firm on what God has already given Habakkuk about the Character of God & HIS Trustworthiness - Habakkuk had at least the 1st 5 books of the Bible, & more than likely much more. Habakkuk is “protecting his ears” from wrong ideas by filtering everything through what he has of God’s Word. If we do not station ourselves on this same rampart, we will succumb to the “interference” of wrong ideas/thoughts/desires. ONLY when we are “stationed on this rampart” of filtering/protecting everything we hear and see with what GOD gives as instruction in HIS WORD, can we in confidence “look 2 see what HE will say” & what instruction HE has for us. And this is what Habakkuk has readied himself for now, as he earnestly seeks to know what God will say! Habakkuk is also perseverant & patient in his waiting on The Lord’s response as he conveys when he says, “I will stand at my watch and station myself…”. This lesson through how Habakkuk would pray to the LORD is a wake up call for how I pray, and how I seek to know what The LORD has to say to me. Habakkuk committed to persevere in not quitting his conversation with the LORD until he heard something about the LORD or what the LORD would instruct him about - and he was diligent in making certain that he prepared himself to be tuned in to what GOD would say, and not what all other noise(s) were about. Lord, I often do not give YOU a chance to answer, nor do I “station myself on the ramparts” of Your Word so that hear YOU clearly….HELP me to “slow down” when I talk w You, and take time to remember what YOUR WORD has taught me about YOUR Character/Love/Mercy/Faithfulness and YOUR PROMISES...so what I “hear & see” is filtering out the “noises” from the enemy, & true to Your HEART/Your WORD for me…