1 Kings 18:41 KJV — And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
Your critics are telling you what they see.
Your situation is telling you what you see: a dry landscape that hasn’t had a drop of rain for three and a half years.
But you need to say what you hear. You need to say what the Word of God tells you about the situation.
You need to remember the collaboration between faith, hearing and speaking. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God, and death and life are in the power of your tongue.
You hear the sound of the abundance of rain. You hear that this book is going to be a world bestseller and that the back catalogue you’ve been developing in obscurity will be devoured by millions around the world.
You hear that you are more than a conqueror. You hear that you’re going to kill the giant, cut his head off with his own sword, marry the King’s daughter and pay no taxes. You hear that you’re going to live in houses you did not build with vineyards you did not plant.
That idea you’re working on is a huge deal. You need to make a big deal of it in your heart. Hear God’s applause and encouragement and celebration. Hear the questions being asked you in interviews about the success that’s about to manifest. Hear your enemies muttering in disbelief about all the amazing things God has done through you and for you.
Hear it for yourself. And then don’t say what they see…say what you hear.