Psalm 119:98 ‘Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.’

DAILY RREADING; • Luke 22:39-71; Genesis 40; Psalm 31

One of the great tragedies to occur in the British royal family is what is known as ‘the princes in the tower’.
On 9th April 1483, King Edward IV of England suddenly died, leaving behind his two young sons, Edward aged 12 years, and Richard aged 9 years.
Before dying, the king made his trusted younger brother, Duke Richard, Protector of his two sons. This meant that Richard would help run the country because of the young age of the princes.
After the king died, his first son, 12 year old Edward immediately became the king of England. Though there were signs to indicate Duke Richard was disloyal, the young King Edward lacked the discernment to suspect his seemingly loving and caring uncle. As preparations began for the official coronation ceremony, Richard lodged the new king Edward and his younger brother in the tower of London.
However, before young Edward could be crowned, Richard surprised everyone by declaring that Edward was not qualified to be king because he had been born illegitimately. Richard rather crowned himself King of England in July 1483.
This of course caused an uproar as people loyal to the dead King vowed to ensure his two young sons rightfully inherited the throne.
Richard kept the two young boys who were still lodged in the tower of London, as virtual prisoners, refusing anyone access to them. However, it seemed the boys’ young minds still couldn’t grasp the looming danger as they were often seen playing around in the tower. Then one day these two boys finally disappeared and were never seen again. Their disappearance became a great mystery.
With no other contender to the throne, the people of England were then forced to accept Richard as their king.
However almost 200 years later, in 1674 the bones of these two young princes were finally found hidden away under a staircase in the Tower of London. History believes that they had been murdered by their uncle, King Richard.
Being a child and lacking the discernment of a matured mind had greatly contributed to the dethronement and murder of the young King Edward.

Ecclesiastes 10:16 says ‘Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!’

Truly it is dangerous for kingship to be conferred upon a child who lacks the wit and wisdom to overcome his enemies.
As believers, we are ordained to be Kings and to reign on earth. As joint heirs with Jesus, we are the seed of Abraham and inheritors of the blessings that made the whole earth his possession.
However though a throne has been appointed unto us, we need to grow in knowledge and power to be able to overcome the contentions that are bound to arise.
To indeed rule in the midst of our enemies we can’t afford to remain spiritual babes, but must grow in maturity and be able to discern what goes on spiritually around us. The truth is that things are not always what they appear to be. People are not always whom they seem to be. We need spiritual wisdom and discernment to see beyond the obvious.

When David was about to ascend his throne he was able to overcome the opposition through application of divine wisdom.

In Psalm 119:98 David said ‘Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.’

Because David was a youth, king Saul had thought he could easily outwit him and destroy him, but the Bible said David behaved himself so wisely that Saul became afraid of David.
In the same way, our enemies ought to become afraid of us when they see us operate with the wisdom from above. When they conspire and set traps for your feet, and yet through the guidance of the Holy Spirit you escape those traps, they would become alarmed about you.
Because you are born of the Spirit, you are born to operate like the wind. No one can tell how you come or how you go [ John 3:8]. That indeed is our mode of operation as sons of God on the earth. Your life should be a mystery and a great puzzle to your detractors. They cannot predict you, they cannot fathom you and they cannot explain you, because of the superior wisdom of God at work in you.

Indeed through feeding on the strong meat of God’s Word, we will grow in spiritual wisdom and maturity and be empowered by the Spirit to overcome every opposition and truly reign as sons of God on the earth.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the grace to constantly feed on Your Word so that I can be empowered to rule and reign on earth. Thank You for indeed giving me the victory over every opposition in Jesus Name.

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Your heart needs to be filled with The Word of God to the point of overflow. – WORDBITE 222.