Then we may say with Habakkuk in face of economic ruin or any other deprivation:
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength” (Hab 3:17-19). Happy the person who can say these things and mean them!
–J. I. Packer
Father God, help me to say these things and mean them! Help me to be joyful in You as my Savior when everything else around me fails and falls apart.