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Set the Lord Before You and Watch Your Faith Increase

There are seasons when fear feels louder than faith. Moments when the future feels shaky. But Psalm 16:8 gives us a powerful posture: Set the Lord before your purpose every day. Whatever you set before you will shape what grows within you.

As we step into the “Year of Increase,” I believe God is calling us to increase one specific area: our faith. Not faith in circumstances, not faith in our own strength, but faith in the One who holds tomorrow.

There was a season in my own life where I had to live this out. I became very sick, hospitalized, and faced fear and uncertainty head-on. After months of tests and questions, I was eventually given a diagnosis that was heavy and life-altering. I remember the stages of my faith during that time. My first response was, “Why me?” But the Holy Spirit gently shifted my perspective…“Why not you? This is an opportunity for God to be glorified."

So I made a decision.

I set the Lord before me.

Not the diagnosis.

Not the fear.

Not the “what ifs.”

I activated my faith. I spoke God’s Word over myself. I received prayer and held onto the promise of healing even on days when I didn’t feel strong, even on days when the worry tried to come back louder than before. And from the moment I said “amen” to the day my clinician looked at me and said that, despite everything I had been told, I did not have Lupus…ten years had passed.

Ten years!

Ten years of choosing faith over fear.

Ten years of refusing to let worry steal my joy.

Ten years of God sustaining me until the testimony came.

And I can tell you with confidence:

The God you set before you becomes the God who carries you. God kept me, and He will keep you, too!

That is why the Word of God is essential. It anchors us, strengthens us, redirects us, and increases our faith. Joshua 1:8 tells us to meditate on it day and night because the Word keeps our eyes fixed on the Lord rather than on the storm. When the world shakes, His Word keeps us unshaken.

So if you find yourself wrestling with worry…set the Lord before you.

If fear is knocking…set the Lord before you.

If tomorrow feels uncertain…set the Lord before you.

And day by day, moment by moment, your faith will begin to increase. Just hold on!

There is hope, His name is JESUS!

Reflection and Application:

1. What worry or fear tends to take your focus off God?

2. How can you intentionally “set the Lord before you” this week?

3. Where do you need your faith to increase in this new season?

4. What scripture can you meditate on daily to anchor your heart?

Prayer:

Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank You that You go before me and stand beside me. Today, I choose to set You before me in every area of my life. Increase my faith. Quiet every fear. Strengthen my heart with Your Word. Teach me to trust You in the waiting and to rest in Your presence even when the future feels uncertain. Lord, just as You carried me through past seasons, You will carry me through this one. Help me to fix my eyes on You, the Author and Finisher of my faith. I declare that I will not be shaken, because You are at my right hand. In Jesus’ name, amen.