An entire family was hiding in their safe room while outside was destruction and horrifying atrocities. They did not see what was happening outside the room, but they definitely heard the sounds. They stayed locked up in their closed room for many hours, the entire time war was raging outside. The haters of Israel went from house to house, they had no mercy on anyone, they sent children and the elderly to the World that is All Good, and in the room there was fear and terror. They expected that soon they would reach here as well, it was only a matter of time, and in the meantime, they kept davening for salvation [Tefillah] and they did Teshuva in case they did not make it... They did not dare open the door despite their not having anything to eat or drink, and it was only the next day they understood that they were saved miraculously and left alive and unharmed.
Much later, when they were asked what kept them alive in this difficult situation, they replied: The emunah that the Creator Yisbarach could save them even if ordinarily this did not seem possible, this is what strengthened them in all those hours!
Yaakov Avinu went out into the world and anticipated his salvation. His twin brother had already married several wives and had children, and he was still a bachelor searching for his mate. Even when he found his mate, he had to work seven years to merit establishing a bayis ne’eman, and then another seven years to marry the woman he wanted initially. During all those years his emunah was not at all flawed and he remained strong.
It is very possible that all those years they mocked him since he had already reached the age of eighty-four and he had still not married, and even if he did marry at that age, who says that he would have children. But he did not break and he remained strong in his emunah, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu helped him when the time came to get married. He married four wives and had twelve shevatim [tribes; sons] and one daughter.
Even if it seems to you that normally there would be no salvation, you must remember that HaKadosh Baruch Hu is supernatural and there is nothing to prevent Him from saving. You just have to have trust in Him [bitachon] and not break even if the whole world says and thinks differently. You must not break, and always remember that HaKadosh Baruch Hu causes salvation to flourish.
-Tiv HaTorah - Vayeitzei
