Isaiah 43:2 (KJV) "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."
God made you a promise! He says "I will be with you!"
Philippians 4:13 (NIV) "I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
1. God knows what you're going through. - God is all-knowing (omniscient) and that includes what you're going through. Like gold, which needs to be melted down so that the impurities come out, sometimes we have to go through some things so that we can be purified.
Psalm 139:1-2 'O Lord , you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. '
Nothing catches God by surprise. God sees the tears others don't. Don't allow your circumstance to dictate how you praise God! Sometimes your praise will make you look crazy, but nobody knows what God has brought you through until your praise shows them that you're on the other side.
"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." (Psalm 150:6)
2. God is with you, even in the middle of it. Isaiah 43:2 reminds us that God will be with us when we are in the midst of difficult times. God is actually already there. Trials are a guarantee, but so is His promise to bring you through it all.
Do you recall a time where you said "I don't know if I'm going to make it", but then God blessed you and brought you through?
3. God has already spoken your deliverance.
Jeremiah 29:11 'For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. '
If God said it, the enemy might try his best, but God's word is final.
4. What you're going through is only temporary.
2 Corinthians 4:17 'For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; '
5. Your breakthrough is on the other side of your battle.
Sometimes the doctor tells you something, and you have to put in the work on your part before you get the result that you want. In order to get your breakthrough and your blessing, you will need to first be obedient. God has you in the battle because he has confidence in you to get to the other side. Sometimes it's intense, but God.
Isaiah 41:10 'Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. '
God says you will pursue & overtake all.
Declare: I may be in the fire, but I will not be burned. I may be in the flood, but I will not drown. Because God said I'm going to make it through this.