The great anchor for the Christian’s joy is the sovereignty of God which does not diminish when times are bad. To encourage our own congregation recently we have been looking at the Old Testament prophecy of Habakkuk. They were dark days for the prophet. Because of their sins, his nation was facing invasion by the brutal Babylonians at the behest of God. Habakkuk had to work through some agonising questions about what God was doing. But one of the standout features of his book is his great prayer: ‘LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy’ (3.2).