Be Firm

"...The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who keeps his way preserves his soul."

I Peter 5: 10

Affliction leads people to God, and as they drink the fountain of living Waters, they're happy and secure, learning what it takes to keep the faith.

Preserve

" The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who keeps his way preserves his soul."

Proverbs 16:17

The world offers many things that keeps humanity away from God, but those who come near Him and listen to His Voice have their salvation guaranteed.

Preserving

"But may the God of all grace, who called us[b] to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you."1 Peter 5: 10

The affliction that takes a person to seek God and drink from the Living Waters, makes her happy, secure, and with the right attitude to keep the faith.

Answer

"This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles."

Psalm 34.6

I doubt it that there's no immediate answer to the sound of sincere cry to God! Can God Almighty lie about His promises?

Preserve

"The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies."

Psalms 41:2

The children of God are kept from evil and always find happiness. Their enemies are confused and incapable of touching them.

Alive

"The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies."Psalms 41:2

The children of God are kept safe from evil and are led to happiness. Their enemies are confused and incapable of touching them.

Rejected

"He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. "

Isaiah 53: 3

The pain of rejection can only be healed when one accepts the sacrifice of the Calvary. The Almighty's compassion is being offered to those who believe.