There is danger of being disheartened and “vexed” through the prevalence of evil, “Because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many shall wax cold.” How perfect the blessed Lord was in this! All was iniquity around Him, yet, in perfect communion with God, His spirit walked in peace, so that He could notice and recognize even all that was naturally lovely—the lily of the field—God’s care of ravens—all that was of God here. But this is because He was perfectly near God (I speak of His mind as Man), but, for the same reason He judges perfectly man and all his thoughts and intents of heart.
We have a life that Satan cannot touch, God is its source, a risen Christ its channel, the Holy Spirit its power, heaven its sphere, and eternity its duration. Should we not he a happy people?