We’re continuing our series on How to Steward Your Destiny. I’ve already written about how to seek wise counsel, look to what you have in your nature, passion, and pain; how to borrow and shut the door from criticism and shut the door so you can dream. Now let’s look at shut the door so you can declare.
Declare the promises of Scripture.
The second thing you can do when you shut the door is to declare the promises of Scripture.
Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In him, this is what we preach and pray, the great Amen, God’s Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident. God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting his Yes within us. By his Spirit he has stamped us with his eternal pledge—a sure beginning of what he is destined to complete. (2 Corinthians 1:20-22 (The Message))
Let the Spirit lead you to the promises from Scripture that speak to you on a particular topic. Then personalize them, write them out, and regularly declare them out loud. I’ll talk more about this in Chapter 8 of my book Hope in Transition as it’s an important part in implementing a winning strategy in the process of hope.
Shut the door to criticism. Shut the door to naysayers. Shut the door to voices who are agreeing with the enemy. Shut the door so you can dream with God. Shut the door so you can agree with His promises.
How do you declare scripture? What are some things you worry about doing it? Are there reasons why you don’t? I’d love to know what they are. Let me know in the comments.
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