HOW TO HOLD ON DURING A DIFFICULT SEASON
I don’t know what you are going through at this present moment. Perhaps this is a wonderful season of life for you, and everything that you are hoping for is falling right into place. For some of you life may be very hard right now, and you are barely hanging on by a thread.
We all go through seasons, and some seasons are much harder than others. I have heard many times that it’s not what we go through, but how we choose to respond to what we are going through that matters.
If this is a tough season for you right now, I want to first encourage you to hang in there, and don’t allow the enemy to take any more ground than he has already taken. Stand firm in your faith in God. Trust that he will bring you through, in his perfect timing and in the way that is ultimately best for you.
Sometimes in hard seasons it’s easy to drift away from God, instead of turning towards God. Let me encourage you to not walk, but run towards God during your difficult season. When life seems like an unending tornado, he is your safe place.
Also, remember when it seems like it’s taking God forever to answer your prayers, there are always things going on behind the scenes that we are not aware of. God is working it out. Be patient, his timing is different from our timing. Because he has a plan for each of our lives, and he can see our future, the sequence of events that we encounter will be perfectly timed.
How To Hold On During A Difficult Season
- Pray, Pray, Pray! Pray without ceasing. Prayer will get you through.
- Stay close to God by staying close to his Word. Read your Bible daily and he will guide you on important decisions that you may need to make.
- If you are in a Community Group through your Church ask them to keep you and your family lifted up in prayer. If you are not in a Community Group ask your Christian friends to pray for you. There is much power where two or more are gathered in prayer.
- Journal your prayers. Journaling your prayers is like pounding on the door of heaven. I highly recommend it. It also is a great way to process your thoughts and feelings about what you are going through.
- Never ever give up on God or yourself. Stay hopeful, keep trusting in God, and keep believing for your miraculous breakthrough, because it is coming, so hold on!
Scriptures:
Psalm 55:22
22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalm 56:3-4
3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise—in God, I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
Psalm 62:8
8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Isaiah 41:10
10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Hebrews 13:6
6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”[a]
Psalm 121:1-8
1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life;
8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Psalm 9:9
9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 32:7
7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Psalm 27:5
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 18:2
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress , and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield[a] and the horn[b] of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 119:114
114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings, you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked
9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a]I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
