When the Flood of the Enemy ComesSample

Set the Standard Toward Zion

Scripture: Jeremiah 4:6 — “Set up a standard toward Zion…”

Beloved, you will agree with me that often when pressure rises, the instinct is to run anywhere — to relevance, to noise, to visibility, to survival-mode decisions, or often to the easiest way out.

Sometimes, we try to bury the pressure back with activities. Some may even choose to opt for pleasure, like movies, food and even sleeping, to escape it. But the pressure will always come for your jugular. It hits you emotionally, mentally, etc.

But Scripture says: set the standard toward Zion, not anywhere, but Zion.

Zion represents:

• Direction (where your spirit is facing) - David said I will look up to the Hills, from where comes my help, my help comes from the Lord (Psalms 121:1).
• Identity (who you understand yourself to be) - Peter, speaking gently said, "silver and gold I have none, but such as I have I give to you (Acts 3:6).
• Alignment (what your life is oriented toward) - The Hebrews boys confidently replied the king, "We will not be careful to answer you in this matter. For God is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace. But if not, we will not worship your God!" (Daniel 3:16-18).

In seasons of pressure, the most dangerous thing is not the pressure itself; it is misdirection. It is submission to the dictates of the wind and storm!

When the soul turns toward fear, comparison, performance, or panic, even small battles become impossible. But God does not lift confusion, He lifts alignment.

The Standard you set is your posture:

• The confession you choose to hold
• The identity you decide to stand in
• The God you choose to believe as true in this moment

This is why many in our generation think “God is silent.”

He is not silent — they never set a Standard He could elevate.

He does not raise nothing.

He raises what is set toward Him.

Prayer

Lord, turn my face toward You again. Redirect my inner posture. Break off every direction that leads to fear or self-reliance. Align my heart with Your truth and Your voice.

Declaration

I set my Standard toward Zion — and God will lift it.