True respect for the gods comes down to this: think correctly about them. They exist. They govern the universe justly and well. Commit to obeying them, yielding to them, and willingly following them through whatever happens. You're being ruled by perfect wisdom. If you do this, you'll never blame the gods or accuse them of abandoning you. There's only one way to achieve this: stop caring about things outside your control. Make good and evil depend only on what is up to you.
Be assured that the essence of piety toward the gods lies in this—to form right opinions concerning them, as existing and as governing the universe justly and well. And fix yourself in this resolution, to obey them, and yield to them, and willingly follow them amidst all events, as being ruled by the most perfect wisdom. For thus you will never find fault with the gods, nor accuse them of neglecting you. And it is not possible for this to be affected in any other way than by withdrawing yourself from things which are not within our own power, and by making good or evil to consist only in those which are.