Jeremiah 1:19 ‘And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.’
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Emperor Julian, is known to history as ‘Julian the Apostate’, because though brought up as a Christian, when he became emperor in A.D. 360 he opposed Christianity.
Julian had taken an active role in the church in his youth, but as he grew older he turned his attention to studying and exploring paganism.
He became the Emperor at a time when Christianity was just beginning to flourish in the Roman Empire.. As soon as he came to power he suddenly decided to stop the progress of the Church.. Julian ordered the rebuilding of pagan temples in Rome and tried in many ways to stop Christianity. He prohibited Christians from serving in the Emperor’s bodyguard, and removed Christian officials from government.
He tried to turn the Jews against Christians and in a way to gain Jewish support, he planned to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem which had earlier been destroyed by the Roman army.
In 363 A.D, Julian ordered work of the rebuilding to start earnestly. But Historians recorded that the venture was brought to an abrupt end by a strange occurrence of fearful balls of fire falling upon the workmen until they abandoned the project. This strange occurrence was seen as God fighting for the Christians and it led many in Jerusalem to convert to Christianity, causing Emperor Julian’s plan to backfire.
Shortly after this, Julian died while at war against Persia. His short reign of only a few years was put down to divine intervention by the Christians.
Just as past persecutions against the Church could not hinder its flourishing, as members of the Church of Christ today, we are truly unstoppable.
As last day believers, we are in the golden era of the Church, which is our era of dominion. In God’s end-time agenda, this is the time when ‘the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.’ (Isaiah 2:2).
Therefore we are in a prophetic season of supernatural progress and divine advancement.
At this time, every believer is destined to be the head and not the tail, above only and never beneath.
However while it is a time of glory for the Church, it is also a time of gross darkness in the world. This means there will be agents of darkness who will want to resist the advancement of God’s children. Therefore do not be surprised to find that your breaking forth to greater levels may attract oppositions at some points. But since we know all power belongs to God and all victories come from Him, we need not fret over any resistance. Rather our focus should be on how to engage God to fight for us. One way we bring God’s Presence into our battles is through praise. When God is with you, no one can ever prevail against you. .
Jeremiah 1:19 says ‘And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.’
Let us continually praise God at all times because with Him on our side this year, nothing and no one can hinder us because it is certainly our breaking forth season and our time to arise and shine!
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You because I know You are in perfect control of my life. Surely, whatever I may face today, You are able to fight for me and give me the total victory in Jesus Name.
QUOTES: Trials, oppositions, resistances are oftentimes only an indication that your promotion is around the corner. WORDBITE 222
Shalom!
GOODHEART EKWUEME
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