A Born Winner
 
By virtue of your birth, you have been declared a winner. You have a winning covenant with God the Father. He has destined you to win.

You are not meant for failure and defeat, but for great exploits in victory. There is no fight, however fierce, and the battle may be tough but your victory is certain.

You can have as many victories as the battles you have as long as you abide in God and know Him intimately.

With this, your degree of exploits is unlimited; because: The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. Daniel 11:32

The children of Israel knew this secret. From Abraham we notice that no man, nation or a conspiracy of nations was able to defeat them in any battle.

God called Abraham and gave him a covenant. He told him He would bless his seed and make them great.

He signed the covenant of prosperity, health, strength and constant victory with Abraham on behalf of Israel.

A very important truth about God is His faithfulness. If He has said a thing, He is bound to perform it.

He is a stickler to His word. He can never be drawn into any situation that will make Him break His word.

He is not a man that He should lie, neither is He a son of man that He should change His mind about His word, check it up with God and notice that He will always stand by His word to fulfil it.

He gives priority to the fulfilment of the word. The word is His expressed will.

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man that he should repent: hath he said and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23:19
 
Such is God's faithfulness to His covenant. He is a covenant–keeping God. You can not make Him break His word.

Even if man disappoints Him, He cannot deny Himself. He is God.
...He will ever be mindful of his covenant. Psalm 111:5
 
He sent redemption to his people. He hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his name. Psalm 111:9

The people of Israel know this about God. They are God's covenant people. The Bible describes them as the church in the wilderness (Acts 7:38).

They went through all their battles successfully with absolute victory and none of them was lost in the process whenever they were in right relationship with God.

The drama in Egypt is most illuminating. God had appeared to Moses and commissioned him to lead His people out of the house of bondage.

He went, after consulting with the elders of the people, to demand Israel's unconditional release from Pharaoh.

It was a mighty conflict; perhaps the greatest ever recorded in the history of the world.

Pharaoh refused and the battle began. It was not necessarily a battle or fight between Moses and Pharaoh, it was a battle between the true God and the god of Egypt.

It was so because God had to act on the basis of His covenant with Abraham. God had told Abraham that his seed would go into a foreign land to sojourn and that the seed will be oppressed but that, He would bring them out with a mighty hand.

And he said unto Abram, know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them for four hundred years;

and also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out into a great substance. Genesis 15:13–14
 
God proved Himself great on behalf of Israel in Egypt. The people of Israel won all the battles.

They did not lose any so long as they walked with God. The Bible has a comprehensive catalogue of these victories.

It is really an eye opener to consider the winning life style of Israel. They centred on the basis of God's covenant of victory and had it always. God caused them to triumph always.

After God had proved Himself to Pharaoh and all Egypt, and had delivered them by a mighty hand with signs and great wonders, the people of Israel set out on their journey with great substance.

They left with goods, cattle and all good things from the land of Egypt. Great was God's goodness to them.

As they progressed on their journey, Pharaoh felt he had made a mistake by allowing the children of Israel to go.

So he brought all his men of valour together and the sophistication of his army, virtually the best in the world at that time.

He started on a hot chase of God's people to destroy them. He took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt and captains over each of them.

He really prepared to finish God's people. He knew that they had taken the wilderness' route and that the red sea was there.

So he had finalized his plans to destroy Israel. His heart was hardened. He was determined.

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and horsemen and his army and overtook them encamping by the sea. Exodus 14:9
 
This was the first battle they were going to face since leaving Egypt. It was almost too early for them to begin to encounter such conflicts.

They had an unsettling problem before them. The Red Sea was there, a great obstacle. They had not found an answer to that and here was the great host of Egypt.

Pharaoh brought all his army, chariots, captains and horsemen against a physically unarmed Israel.

Naturally, that was a dark hour for them. They had a battle on hand – a tough one. They could not run away.

The Red Sea gave way as Moses used his rod, the children of Israel passed on dry ground; both Pharaoh and his men got drowned in the sea.

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. Exodus 14:30
 
This was Israel's first deliverance. Nothing touched any of them. But the whole army of Pharaoh perished in that fight.

The people of Israel moved, took on their journey. When they got to the land of the Amorites, they sent a message to Sihon the King to allow them pass through the land peacefully.

They did not mean to fight. They were not looking for trouble with the people. All they wanted was just a free passage.

When God is on your side, you do not go about looking for trouble. You know your right as an overcomer. A champion does not go about challenging people.

He knows he is superior to all other fighters. So they wanted free passage through the land of the Amorites.

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon the king of Amorites, saying, let us pass through thy land:

we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyard, we will not drink of the waters of the well but we will go along the kings high way until we pass thy borders. Numbers 21:21–22

But funny enough, the Amorites refused them passage. They also marshalled all their men together and fought Israel.

Sihon took his people into the wilderness to fight against Israel. Israel however, stood against them and defeated them very neatly.

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. Numbers 21:24
 
They marched on from victory onto victory. There was no nation that could stand against them.

They made a mess of Jericho, Ai, king Og, and the Amorites – the five kings. They won all their battles.

Jericho was reported to be one of the strongest cities in the world at that time. Their security was the best. The wall was strong and mighty.

History has it that the wall of Jericho was so thick that six horsemen could ride side by side with ease on it. It was so thick that Rahab, the harlot could build her house on it.

The wall of Jericho was strong enough to accommodate a whole house. "... for her house was upon the town wall and she dwelt upon the wall" (Joshua 2:15).

But this wall could not stand the covenant people. Apart from the wall, the land of Jericho had men of valour in it.

They were mighty men of valour (Joshua 6:2). But when they heard of the covenant people, their hearts melted. They knew no one could prevail over these people.

The children of Israel knew their covenant right to victory. So everybody that came against them went down.

Jericho's wall with all its mighty men of valour perished. They were born victors and winners.

As they progressed, kingdoms and nations heard about their exploits. Their hearts melted in them. They were helpless so they started looking for help from other kingdoms.

They formed a conspiracy against Israel but they all fell. The five kings of the Amorites are a classical example here.

Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard that Gibeon made peace with Israel. So he sent massages to Hoham, king of Hebron, Piram, king of Jarmath Japhia, king of Lachish and Debir king of Eghon to help him fight Gibeon.

Gibeon, on the other hand, sent quickly to Joshua for help. Joshua came up in defense of Gibeon and smote the confederacy of the Amorites.

He utterly destroyed all of them and none of the children of Israel was hurt in the battle.

Throughout their wilderness experience, whenever they were in fellowship with God, they won all their battles.

There are about thirty one kings and kingdoms that Joshua led the people of God to overcome. They did not lose to any of them.

God had earlier made a covenant with Abraham about this people. When God met him initially, He gave fantastic promises to him and his seed after him.

I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

I will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Genesis 12:2–3
 
Whoever blessed Israel got blessed and whoever cursed them got cursed. There was an automatic curse upon any and every enemy of Israel.

God is bound by His covenant to protect their interest all the time. Take time to read Joshua chapter twelve and see Israel's catalogue of triumphs.

No kingdom was strong enough to stand against them. They all fell easy prey to Joshua and his people. It is still the same today with that small nation of Israel.

Geographically, they are not a force, but in all other aspects, they rank as number one in the world today. No nation can stop them.

The Arab league are mere noise makers beside Israel. Look at the six days war. There is no precedence for that.

A conglomeration of powerful nations invading a small piece of land and got finished within six days.

Even the United Nations cannot stop Israel on any issue. They have God's covenant.

They declared "Jerusalem the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel" sometime ago. The whole world protested. The United Nations passed a resolution against it but nothing can be done about it.

God is in that nation. They have God's word on that. That is why they can constantly boast of victory any day.

They do not live by what is said about them in international circles. They stick to God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David – King of Israel.

Many of the nations that have severed relations with them are now turning around to acknowledge God in their midst.

The fact remains that any nation that stands against Israel is politically and economically against God's channel of blessings.

I believe very strongly that Nigeria's only solution is to normalize relations with Israel and she will be healed of her economic and political problems.

Most importantly, Israel is a type of the church.

Israel was the church in the wilderness. They are a shadow of the true church the body of believers. Believers are the real Israel.

For the law (old Testament) having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect Hebrews 10:1
 
Every truth in the Old Testament is a figure, a type, a shadow of some real things in the New Testament.

The children of Israel, were a picture of the believers under the new covenant.

They enjoyed these victories on the basis of the covenant received by Abraham which was sealed with the blood of bulls and goats.

That covenant also belongs to us and Jesus came to consecrate a better covenant by His blood. We are the true Israelites.

Although God is still committed to Israel after the flesh, we are the very Israel of God. We are God's chosen people.

The promise God gave Abraham was that He would make his seed after him. He will bless his seed and they shall be mighty and no situation would be too strong for them to overcome.

As a matter of fact, they were overcomers and victors by virtue of birth and parentage.

They are overcomers and winners in every fight because they are the physical seed of Abraham. God made you one at new birth.

He has imparted His seed nature into you and that changed you from being a gentile into a bonafide seed of Abraham.

Your new identity is based on your whole hearted acceptance of the sacrifice of Christ and His victory on the cross. That qualifies you to be Christ's. So you are Abraham's seed.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree; that the blessings of Abraham might come upon the gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made; he saith not and to seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:13,14,16
 
Christ went to the cross that you might receive the blessings of Abraham.

The blessings were made to Abraham and his seed in the covenant. If you can partake of the blessings, you must have come under the covenant.

Moreover, the covenant was made to Abraham and his seed.

Christ is the seed we are talking about. If you belong to Christ, you are also Abraham's seed according to the promise and you are covered under the covenant.

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:29
 
This is very clear. You come under this victory covenant. You are the Israel of God. It is not the physical Israel only that is God's Israel, in fact you are God's real Israel.

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Romans 2:28–29
 
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect for they are not all Israel which are of Israel, neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children but in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Romans 9:6–7

God still has legal commitment to keep His covenant with Israel but His commitment to you is both legal and vital.

The point is that many believers have underrated themselves. They do not seem to have the right idea of their standing before God.

These children of Israel are the children of the flesh. Their relationship with Abraham and the covenant is based on physical inheritance alone.

But you are the spiritual Israel. God is more eager to prove His victory covenant to you than He will to Israel. The covenant you have cannot be broken.

He is bound to give you the victory always. There is no limit to what He will do to give you the victory.

You cannot number how many people, nations and kingdoms God killed to bring victory to the physical Israel. God is committed to your success.

It does not matter what the situation is. If you see God doing anything for the nation of Israel, He will do much more for you.

You are His very seed. You are His partner in the covenant. You are the apple of His eyes. Stop relegating yourself.

God is against anybody that is against you. He is against anything that is against you.

People have to be careful the way they treat believers. You cannot just toy with God's precious people. God will not throw His precious people to the swine.

Jesus said no man gives anything precious to pigs. God will not allow you to be tossed around by anybody, group, government or authority.

You are a sensitive matter in God's programme. There is a "touch not" decree about you based on the covenant.

"He is the Lord our God. His judgments are in all the earth; he hath remembered his covenant for ever the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; and confirmed the same thing unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

when they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, he suffered no man to do them wrong, he reproved Kings for their sakes saying touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm" Psalm 105:7–10, 13,15
 
His covenant is for ever. He is mindful of it. He did not allow anybody to do them wrong.

God is not interested in you being messed around and treated any how. He does not want it. It is not part of the covenant.

Those who attempted to wrong the people of Israel paid dearly for it. Those who attempted evil against Moses even in the camp of Israel paid for it.

Do not allow things to go anyhow with you. There is a pattern which God has designed for you.

God reproved kings for the sake of the people of Israel. Kings!! He will reprove kings for your sake.

I do not know a man who will allow straying objects to touch the apple of his eyes. Yet God says you are the apples of His eyes. He will do anything to protect you even if it means killing.

"For thus saith the Lord, of host; after the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eyes.

For behold I will shake my hand upon them and they shall be a sport to their own servants and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me" Zechariah 2:8–9
 
Nobody can take advantage of you and go free. That touch not statement is a command, a decree. It carries certain penalties if broken.

Know this that you are born of God. He is interested in your winning always.

If the physical Israel can win all their battles with impunity, you can do much more than that because you are born of God.

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith" 1 John 5:4

You can overcome always. The greater one is in you. He is at work in you now.

He is greater than all your life battles, so you can win them all. He is working His good pleasure in you. You are a born winner.

Hallelujah...

Born To Win,David Oyedepo

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