Words of challenge to begin this leading the way audio episode from pastor and author Dr. Michael Youssep.

When people listen to you, do they hear the words of thanksgiving out of your mouth?

Do they sense the attitude of gratitude coming out of you?

Do they feel the presence of God permeating all of your life? Do they hear the

music of joy? Do they hear the excitement of your faith? Today, join Dr. Youssef in 2nd Samuel

Chapter 22. That's in the Old Testament, where you'll get a front row seat to King David's song about

God's faithfulness. This is a song reflecting on his life, and it's a reminder that you have a

life song, too. Listen now to Dr. Michael Youseth as he begins the teaching portion of this

episode of Leading the Way.

I read a story about how in the year 1900, the city of Galveston, Texas, was swept by a tidal wave that caused a great deal of damage, not just in property, but in life, that devastated that city.

Soon afterward, the city fathers brought together a brilliant engineer, a man who's renowned in his abilities.

And they hired him to design a se sea wall that would withstand any future storms.

And this brilliant engineer was told that safety and not cost are to be his primary consideration.

So by 1904 the project was completed.

The wall consisted of a massive barricade of five miles long and 17 feet high above the tide.

It was that engineer's crowning achievement.

He proudly declared that the fiercest gale would never affect that fortress.

A few years later, he was in Alaska working on another project.

While in the middle of that project, he receives a cable, he receives a telegram, and a telegram said,

another fierce gale came across and devastated Galveston and knocked down and demolished the wall that you have built.

He turned to his associate, and he was stunned.

He was numb.

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