“Though the cherry trees don’t blossom
    and the strawberries don’t ripen,
Though the apples are worm-eaten
    and the wheat fields stunted,
Though the sheep pens are sheepless
    and the cattle barns empty,
I’m singing joyful praise to God.
    I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.
Counting on God’s Rule to prevail,
    I take heart and gain strength.
I run like a deer.
    I feel like I’m king of the mountain!” (Habakkuk 3:17-19, The Message).

I’m putting no provisions on God in 2025. I’m still praying for a job and a spouse, like all good Christians, but my hope isn’t dependent on those things. I am confident that God is enough.

I’d like to say that I’ll praise God no matter what, but I’m fearful and prone to worry. I get distracted easily and lose focus on what’s important often. But God is worthy of my worship no matter what.

God is enough. I can bank on every single one of His promises. I can depend on Him to do for me and to give me what’s best and what I need most (and not always what I ask for or what I want). I can rest assured that God will keep from me those things I ask for which would destroy me if I got them.

I can confidently assert like Job, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him!”