My friend, I want you to know the only joy that will carry you through these trying times. We get a glimpse of it in the life of David. You see, David had a sacred song that he always went back to. David, with all his blemishes, saw his God as the God who is sufficient to meet our every need, sufficient in all circumstances of life—in every emergency, in every desperation. He is sufficient, no matter how grim the prospect, no matter how numerous or powerful the enemy.

Now, I'm getting ready to shout because we have in the New Testament what David did not have. He longed for it; he prophesied about it; he talked about its coming, but he never saw it with his own eyes. He saw it like Abraham—with the eyes of faith (see John 8:56).