Therefore, because the Lord is my refuge, because
the Most High is my dwelling place, because Jesus
Christ has overcome the world, because the God
who called me is faithful, I declare today that
I will not live in fear of what I can see, nor
will I be tormented by what I cannot see. I declare
that the God who watches over me neither slumbers
nor sleeps. He goes before me. He walks beside
me. He stands behind me. When my strength is
gone, he carries me. Therefore, I declare that
no wilderness will become my grave. No fire will
consume what God has ordained to survive. No
water will overwhelm what his hand is sustaining.
No valley will cancel his promise. No prison
will imprison his purpose. No delay will destroy
my faith. And no opposition will have authority
to rewrite what God has spoken concerning my
life. I declare that my God is already present
in places I have not yet reached. Before I enter
tomorrow, He is there before I face the conversation.
He is there before the door opens. He is there
before the battle announces itself. He is there.
Therefore, I refuse to fear tomorrow. The God
who carried me yesterday is already standing
in my tomorrow. I declare, according to the Word
of God, when I pass through the waters, He will
be with me. When I walk through the fire, I will
not be burned. When I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,
because He is with me. I declare that there are
battles God is fighting that I cannot see. There
are dangers he is preventing that I may never
know existed There are conversations he can enter
before my name is spoken There are doors he can
close before I discover what was behind them
There are plans he can overturn before they reach
my house. There are attacks he can intercept
before they reach my life. Therefore, I will
not fear what I do not know. My ignorance does
not limit his omniscience. My inability to see
does not limit his vision. My inability to understand
does not limit his wisdom. And my inability to
fight every battle does not limit his power.
I declare that the God of Israel is still the
God who can turn a curse into a blessing. What
was intended for evil will not have authority
over God's redemptive purpose. What was designed
to destroy me will not write my final chapter.
What was spoken against me will not become greater
than what God has spoken over me. Human intention
does not overrule divine purpose. Therefore,
like Joseph, I declare what was intended for
harm, God is able to turn for good. Like Jehoshaphat,
when I am surrounded and do not know what to
do, my eyes will remain upon the Lord. Like Elisha's
servant, when my natural eyes see only opposition,
I declare that there is more with me than what
is against me. Lord, open my eyes, let me see
beyond the visible. Let me recognize that heaven
is not empty simply because earth looks surrounded.
And like Peter, even when I do not understand
the battle being fought around me, I declare
that Jesus Christ is interceding for me. My faith
will be tested, but it will not be destroyed.
I may be shaken, but I will not be abandoned.
I may stumble, but I will rise again. Because
the one who began a good work in me, is faithful
to complete it. Therefore, I declare, the wilderness
is not my destination. The pit is not my destination.
The prison is not my destination. The broom tree
is not my destination. The valley is not my destination.
This present chapter is not necessarily the conclusion
of my story. God is carrying me somewhere. There
is purpose in my preservation. There is direction
in his sustaining grace. And there is tomorrow
hidden inside the mercy keeping me today. So
I will not build my identity around a temporary
chapter. I am not my wilderness. I am not my
failure. I am not my disappointment. I am not
my waiting season. I am not what happened to
me. I belong to God and the God to whom I belong
has declared, I have made you. I will sustain
you. I will carry you, and I will rescue you.
Therefore, I surrender the road. I surrender
the timing. I surrender the method. I surrender
the destination. I do not need to understand
every turn when I know the shepherd. If he says
walk, I will walk. If he says wait, I will wait.
If he opens the door, I will enter. If he closes
the door, I will trust him. If he gives me the
map, I will follow. And if he gives me nothing
but his shoulders, I will rest. Because I know
who is carrying me. And today, I declare over
my life, over my household, over everything God
has entrusted into my hands. The Lord has gone
before me. His presence surrounds me. His grace
sustains me. His wisdom directs me. His hand
carries me. His word anchors me. His spirit strengthens
me. His angels minister according to his command,
and his purpose will prevail. Therefore, I will
not be afraid. I will not surrender to anxiety.
I will not allow what I cannot see to become
greater in my imagination than the God whom I
know. I have seen his faithfulness before. I
have walked through waters before. I have survived
fires before. I have crossed valleys before.
I have awakened after nights I thought would
never end. And I am still here. Not because I
carried myself. God carried me. And the same
God who carried me then will carry me now. The
same God who sustained me yesterday will sustain
me today. And the same God who has been faithful
until this moment. will be faithful tomorrow.
So I declare, I will keep walking, I will keep
believing, I will keep praying, I will keep trusting,
I will keep worshiping, and when I reach the
place where my strength can take me no farther,
I will not panic, I will remember. This may be
the place where God carries me. Therefore, I
declare in the name of Jesus Christ, I am not
walking into an unknown future alone. My Father
has gone before me. My Shepherd knows the road.
My Savior intercedes for me. The Holy Spirit
remains with me, and the everlasting arms of
God are underneath me. I may not know everything
that is coming, but I know who is already there.
I may not understand every chapter, but I know
the Author. I may not see the destination, but
I trust the carrier. And because he has promised
never to leave me nor forsake me, I declare with
confidence, I will arrive where his purpose is
taking me. Not by might, not by power, not because
I understood everything, not because I was strong
enough, but because the Lord carried me. Therefore,
my heart will not fear, my faith will not surrender,
my hope will not die, my worship will not cease.
For the Lord is with me, the Lord goes before
me, the Lord surrounds me, the Lord sustains
me, and the Lord will carry me. In the mighty,
victorious, unchanging, and everlasting name
of Jesus Christ, I declare it, I believe it,
I receive it by faith, and I say, Amen.