What If I Lost Everything?

By Steve Clark

August 20, 2026

Habakkuk 3:17-18 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

What if you lost everything? What if the house was gone, the money was gone, the possessions were gone, and the things you worked so hard for were suddenly taken away? What would you have left?

Habakkuk gives us a powerful answer. He imagined a situation where there was no harvest, no livestock, and no visible evidence of prosperity. Still he said, “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD.”

So the question is, why? The answer is because his joy was not dependent upon what he possessed. His joy was dependent upon Who possessed him.

Everything we have in this life is temporary. Jobs can disappear. Money can be lost. Possessions can break. Even our earthly relationships will eventually come to an end. But God does not change.

Job experienced unimaginable loss. He lost his possessions, his children, and his health. Yet he said assuredly: Job 1:21 …the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

That kind of faith does not come from having everything. It comes from knowing that God is enough when everything else is gone.  You see, if God is your salvation, your hope, and your refuge, then you can face the loss of earthly things without losing your eternal treasure.

So ask yourself today: If everything I have was gone tomorrow, would Jesus still be enough?

He should be because when everything else is taken away, we still have the Lord.

Reflection—Our joy and confidence is in proportion to our trust.