When you take a stand of faith – standing firm on My promises, standing on the Rock of My salvation – then you won’t be shaken by the attacks of the enemy. You won’t be buffeted and blow about. If you let the enemy bully you, he will come in with his lies, his evil whispers, and a flood of doubt and discouragement. He wants you to give up! The enemy loves to come in and steal the most precious thing you have right now – which is your time. I’m so glad that you are taking back your time and that you are rising up to fight the forces of darkness that have been holding you back. I want you to know that you can change your circumstances by giving these battles to Me – and then praying for them. Ask Me to deliver you and help you to see things clearly. Remember what I taught you, *The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6:22-23)
Keep your eyes singly on Me and I will fill your heart, your spirit and your life with My light. Don’t be like Peter who looked down at the waves and started to sink – but keep your eyes on Me! Remember that you are running the race I have set before you and there is a great cloud of witnesses, who are cheering you on! So run the race with patience, and lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets you. And most of all keep looking to Me, the author and finisher of your faith. For the joy that was set before me, I endured the cross, despising the shame, and now I am sitting at the right hand of the throne of my Father in Heaven. (Hebrews 12:1-2) Keep your eyes on Me and on the crown that I have prepared for you!