1. Stay focused on God and the vision He gave you. Remember what He
showed you in the "light," you must hold onto in the "night."
Proverbs 29:18: "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that
keepeth the law, happy is he."
2. Avoid placing blame on others for the adverse circumstances you are
facing. Be humble and open to God's correction in your own life.
(Know that your trouble isn't coming from Him, as the real enemy is the devil
and we have been given victory over him.)
James 4:8-10: "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted,
and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to
heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you
up."
3. Stay in a praising attitude and resist complaining. God wants us to
have His joy no matter what we are going through. We are to continue to be
thankful "in" every trial, not to be thankful for the evil circumstances we are
experiencing, but to be thankful that the Lord is with us, no matter what the
devil throws our way. It is always the will of God that we keep a thankful heart
and attitude in spite of what is happening.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: "Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In
every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you."
4. Receive your faith, strength, guidance and encouragement from the
Lord through prayer and staying in the Word.
1 Samuel 30:6: "And David was greatly distressed; for the people
spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man
for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his
God."
5. Discern and resist Satan's lies that are designed to demoralize and
destroy you, especially through fear. (Guidance that is different from what your
original vision is or anything that works against that, is designed by the
enemy.) Remember, it is the devil who will flee, not us, if we stand in faith.
James 4:7: "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you."
6. Look for God alone to come and save you.
Isaiah 35:3-4: "Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble
knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:
behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will
come and save you."
1 Peter 5:7-11: "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing
that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the
world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory
by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.