• Psalm 16:5-6 NIV
• Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
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• DAILY READING -1 Corinthians 12; 2 Kings 6:1-7:2; Jonah 1
On May 15, 1967, as the people of Israel celebrated Independence Day, the Israeli government received bad news. It learned that Arab nations of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, backed by the soviet union, were ready to invade and attack Israel.
Obviously Israel was no match for such a mighty coalition. Israel turned to the United States for help, but the United States refused to intervene.
Thus Israel was left alone to fight its formidable enemies. The Jewish nation cowered at the thought of facing the Arab coalition that possessed more than twice the number of tanks and four times the number of aircraft Israel had.
The Israeli government solemnly prepared for a massive slaughter. They readied hospitals and designated whole national parks as cemeteries for the anticipated casualties. A spirit of fear and despair hung over the nation. It seemed that the dream of a Jewish state, so recently realized, was about to be snuffed out.
The Arab nations gleefully anticipated the coming massacre. The president of Iraq declared, “The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. Our goal is clear—to wipe Israel off the map.”
In Israel people spoke pessimistically of a looming second Holocaust, but some Jewish rabbis predicted a miraculous salvation, quoting from Deuteronomy 28:10 they said that through God’s intervention and Israel’s victory “All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you”.
And indeed God gave Israel amazing victory.
On June 5, Israeli Air force, through a preemptive strike wiped out the Egyptian and Syrian air forces while they were still on the ground.
Thereafter Israel launched a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip and the Sinai, catching Egyptian troops completely by surprise. Israeli tanks and ground forces advanced so rapidly that, the Arab forces scarcely had time to react.
By the second day of the war, the Arab Coalition had fallen into some kind of confusion. Orders from Egyptian commanders contradicted good sense, calling for unnecessary retreats and withdrawals. The Egyptian army fled their positions, leaving their heavy equipment behind. Israeli ground troops advancing into the Sinai found numerous Egyptian positions simply abandoned, with tanks and heavy armor left in perfect condition. They acquired so much abandoned Egyptian armor that after the war they had enough to outfit five new brigades. It became the shortest war in history. The Arab coalition were defeated. In a matter of six days. Israeli troops captured over $1 billion worth of Soviet-supplied armaments.
In one week’s time, Israel’s land increased from 8,000 to 34,000 square miles, or four times its original territory. Israel had gained Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights, and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. It was a victory that shocked the world.
And 51 years after the six day war, Israel’s victory still cannot be explained. Several history books have been written trying to understand Israel’s amazing victory, but there seems no plausible explanation to it. It simply was a divine act of God.
What was meant to be the darkest night in Israel’s history became its brightest day.
2 Chronicles 20:17 KJV says
‘Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.’
Obviously in the six day war God fought for Israel. Part of the miracles of the war was the Jewish recapture of Jerusalem. Biblically it had been predicted that Jerusalem would be back in the hand of the Jews before the end of the age. So what happened in the six day war was simply a fulfillment of God’s preordained plan and purpose.
Long before Israel went into captivity in Egypt, in genesis 15;13-14 God had already predicted their enslavement in Egypt and eventual deliverance. In other words what happened to them did not take God by surprise because it was part of the plan.
We have come into a change of time and a new season. Realize that everything that has happened in your past have all worked together for the manifestation of God’s divine agenda for you in this season. God is about to surprise every enemy fighting you and give you an amazing victory. It could be the enemy of sickness, poverty, stagnation etc, whatever it is, God is about to give them a technical knockout.
In boxing there is what is called a ‘fixed fight’. This is where the outcome of the match has already been determined, the result has been set, and the fighters only just go through the motions in order to get their money.
Looking at the transaction at Calvary we can understand that for us every fight has been ‘fixed’. When Jesus said ‘it is finished’ our victory was established forever. The outcome of every battle we will ever fight has been predetermined, and we are only just going through the motions. All we need do is to align with the will of God and our victory will be made physically manifest.
Therefore we do not fret about what tomorrow holds, because we already know who holds tomorrow..
It is not the physical fight that will determine our victory, but what God has already done in the spirit. The end to your story has been predetermined. The fight is fixed . The line has fallen for you into pleasant places. And indeed you have a goodly heritage.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to see in every situation confronting me, the victory you have already won for me in the Spirit. Indeed I am victorious in every battle in Jesus name. ….
QUOTE
The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained victorious end for you.
[CULLED FROM THE BOOK SUPERNATURAL LOVE OF GOD]