COUNTDOWN 3 DAYS TO 2026: The Call To Soar

December 29 Devotional Meditation

By Dr Patrick Elijah Anyomi

Key Text:

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles..." — Isaiah 40:31a (NIV)

Devotional Meditation:
Can you hear it, believer? It’s more than a new year calling—it’s a heavenly summons to rise! In these final days before 2026, God isn’t just inviting you to step forward; He’s commanding the winds of His Spirit to lift you above the storms, above the struggle, above every circumstance that has tried to keep you grounded! The Hebrew word for “hope” here (qāwāh) means to wait with tension, to bind together by twisting—it’s an active, expectant, gripping faith that chooses to anchor itself in God alone! And the result? “Renew” (ḥālaph) means to exchange, to pass over, to change for the better. God isn’t giving you a slight refresh—He’s doing a divine exchange: your weariness for His wings, your fatigue for His flight!

Listen: Eagles don’t fight the storm; they use its currents to rise above it. Your circumstances in 2025 were not meant to break you—they were meant to become the very winds under your wings of faith! That disappointment? Wind. That delay? Wind. That unexpected challenge? All wind! Because when you choose to hope in the Lord—when you actively, stubbornly, joyfully place your expectation in Him—He exchanges your human limitation for supernatural elevation. You are not designed to crawl through 2026. You are called to soar over it!

So in these final hours, choose your focus! Fix your eyes not on the turbulence beneath you, but on the throne above you. Your hope is not a passive wish—it’s a defiant act of trust that says, “God, I may not see the way, but I know the Way-Maker. Lift me above this!” The countdown isn’t just to a date—it’s to your divine takeoff!

Prayer of Ascension:

Almighty God, our Everlasting Hope! We turn our eyes to You and choose to anchor our expectation in Your unfailing power!

· We release every weight of worry, every chain of circumstance, and we actively place our hope in You alone.

· We receive Your divine exchange right now—our weariness for Your strength, our stumbling for soaring!

· As we wait on You, renew us! Re-energize our spirits, recalibrate our vision, and fill us with the winds of the Holy Spirit.

· We declare that in 2026, we will not be overcome by circumstances—we will rise above them on the wings of faith, powered by Your promise. Lord, lift us! Let our lives become a testimony of elevation. May our soaring point others to the God who renews and raises up. In the overcoming name of Jesus, Amen! 

Declaration of Soaring Faith:

"My hope is in the Lord! I choose to fix my expectation on Him alone. He is renewing my strength now! I will not be bound by my circumstances—I will soar above them on wings like eagles. 2026 is my year of divine elevation, supernatural perspective, and unstoppable flight! I AM RISING, IN JESUS' NAME!" 🦅