THE IMPACT OF OBEDIENCE IN POSSESSING THE GATES OF YOUR ENEMIES

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For TUESDAY, 14th FEBRUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: THE IMPACT OF OBEDIENCE IN POSSESSING THE GATES OF YOUR ENEMIES 

MEMORIZE: “And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. Joshua 6:2

SCRIPTURE READING: Joshua 6:1-21

“1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.  2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.  6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. …16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city… 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.”

EXPOSITION:

Concerning father Abraham, it was the blessing of upon him that his seed shall possess the gates of their enemies, which is talking of continual victory over their enemies. In our today’s memory scripture, the parents of Rebekah blessed their daughter with the same blessing: “And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.” Genesis 24:60

In our Christian warfare, this should become our daily prayer: To possess the gates of those who hate us. Those who hate the child also hate his parents. Anyone who hates you, hates God, your Creator, too. In our scripture reading today, God gave the working strategy to be used unto Joshua for them to possess Jericho. The condition for possessing Jericho was primarily connected with the wall of Jericho must fall and their natural efforts cannot achieve it. Hence, they need to do it in God’s way. Joshua obeyed God and God-given strategy was followed and the victory was experienced in an unusual manner. They indeed possessed the gates of their enemies – Jericho.

To experience the wonders of God in possessing the gates of the enemies, obedience is non-negotiable. Lots of blessings always follow obeying God. Blessing of victory, of divine provision, of divine guidance, of fruitfulness and increase, of divine security/protection, etc are what obedience brings to the children of God. Abraham obeyed God and God blessed him tremendously. The blessings for Rebekah: “be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them” Gen. 24:60 is meant for only the obedient. It is written: “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:” Isaiah 1:18. It was when Jesus Christ, in his incarnation, obeyed the Father that God also exalts him high above kingdom and thrones and also defeated the devil – “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Phil. 2:7-11.

PRAYER POINT: Lord, help me to be obedient to you and your leading for me to possess the gates of my enemies in Jesus name.

ii. Lord, Bring down my enemy before me; don’t let me fall before my enemy in Jesus name.

iii. Those who are laughing at my calamity, Lord, avenge me upon them and turn their laughter to sorrow in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Numbers 28-30.

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