Above

Are you living under your circumstances or above them?

This sounds so cliché, I know. You might say, "That's easy for you to say! You have no idea what I'm going through." Perhaps I might not know exactly what your particular trials may be, but I've had (have) plenty of my own.
One of the most important things I've come to know is this:

"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? 
If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31

The "if" in this scripture is rhetorical; God is for us; because God is for us our mouths should be filled with continual thanksgiving and praise to Him. Grumbling and complaining is actually the same as speaking death instead of life. If our testimonies and the blood of the Lamb is the prescription for overcoming, then meditating on being under the circumstances and vocalizing such through grumbling and complaining are in fact anti-testimonies.
God is pleased when our faith is evident:

"May these words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14

Beloved, you are made for life above your circumstances, whatever they may be, so be encouraged and convinced!

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 8:37-39