POSSESSING THE GATES OF YOUR ENEMIES – Part 1

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For MONDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: POSSESSING THE GATES OF YOUR ENEMIES – Part 1

(THE BLESSING OF GOD)

MEMORIZE: “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;” Genesis 22:17.

SCRIPTURE READING:

“15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;  18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”   

EXPOSITION:

An enemy is an armed adversary, especially a member of an opposing military force. Enemies are any hostile group of people. He is someone who has declared you as a threat to his/her well being and is ready to launch a defensive attack on you before you prevail over him/her. Your enemy is someone who sees you as dangerous and harmful to their existence. He is someone who sees you as a stumbling block to his success/mission. To possess means to have ownership or possession of something or someone. Possessing the gates of the enemy means having control over the enemy. It means disarming the enemy or having dominion over the enemy. The gate is the access way into the compound. Spiritually, it is entering point into someone’s life. Whoever takes the possession of the gate determines who and what enters in or coming out.

Joshua at Jericho is a good illustration of possessing the gates of the enemy. The Scripture in Joshua chapter 6 verses 1-2 says, “Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour” Because of the children of Israel, the people of Jericho could not go out or come in. They determined the activity that will be allowed in there. 

In Genesis 22:17-18 God blessed Abraham because of his obedience that…

* in blessing I will bless thee, 

* and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and 

* thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 

* And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed”   

Today, the word of God for you is that, you and your children shall possess the gates of your/their enemies. It doesn’t matter how strong and fortified your enemies are, with God on your side, you shall see their defeat, as Joshua saw the destruction of Jericho. God will send fear to the hearts of your enemies that they will not be able to stand before you. “I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.” Exodus 23:27-28. It is the will of God and his blessing upon His children that they shall possess the gates of their enemies. Warning: Don’t be enemy to the children of God.

PRAYER POINT: i. Lord, send your hornets to destroy my enemies before me in Jesus name.

ii. Lord, endow me the strength and divine backup to possess the gates of my enemies in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Numbers 25-27.

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