Turning defeat into victory [1]

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2 Kings 24:13 talks about Nebuchadnezzar, and it says, “And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.” Verse 14: And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. He carried every one and left the poorest, because if you’re poor in Jerusalem, you may not be necessary anywhere else. Daniel 3:27-28, “And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. [Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word,”… The king’s word is changeable! “…and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.” Verse 30, Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

I want to talk to you about turning defeat into victory. Not all the things we get are from victory to victory. There are times when we get victory from defeat. When it looked like a defeat, that moment they picked up a victory. The bible says, God calls light out of darkness, which means as dark as it is, you can actually arrange your light in darkness. In the passage I just read, it says, Nebuchadnezzar came and captured Jerusalem. In those times when they went for war, it was not nation to nation that fought, but it was god to God that fought. So people would connect to their god [God] with everything they gave to them or provided whether their children, livestock, gold and many others. So, when they went to battle, they would carry such things that the god [God] who wins against the other, collects all. And in this case, the God of Israel and the Israelites were captured in Jerusalem, and that capture was a confirmation that they were defeated. That capture was a confirmation that the enemy had devoured against the God of Israel and against the people of Israel. What did Nebuchadnezzar do? He collected all the powerful people and gathered them in Babylon. When he took them to Babylon, he did not take them alone, he took also all the vessels of the LORD; all the golden vessels he had captured, he went with them. Therefore, when they were in Babylon, it was a confirmation that the God of Israel was defeated. It was a confirmation that the God of Israel could not protect His people. When people are in a crisis, they must be able to turn their defeat into victory. I prophesy to someone, from the waste of your life today, you’re about to bring out a shocking testimony. If your Amen is louder, May God do it for your life!

Look at this: the big and powerful are under captivity and the least that were left were the poorest people. In other words, the poor who were left were told, “you are not necessary in our kingdom.” Which means, if you are poor in Jerusalem, you cannot be successful anywhere else. So they captured them as a confirmation that their God is WEAK and POWERLESS. When people see you going through a lot, they start to attack the name of Jehovah; if your God was able to do this, why are you in that condition? If your God was powerful, why do you go through that? But I came to tell you that in the midst of the “why’s” they are telling you, you’re about to generate a shocking testimony of your life time.

Now they are in Babylon as captives, and in the time they were there, even a king could change their names to show them that he owned them. He changed their names to confirm that he has ownership, and when he gave them the names, he put those that honour his god, that exalt his god such that the chances of your coming back become smaller, because when you’re in the city of Jerusalem, it’s a city where the eyes of the LORD watch from the beginning to the end. It’s where you hear the voices that worship the names of God. They took you from Jerusalem to Babylon and planted demonic names on you such that no hope for your rising, I have sad news for the devil, when all has been done, something shocking is about to happen to you. In those captives is where Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were included among the defeated ones. There comes a time in life when you are included among the defeated ones. Today, I am encouraging someone not to give up in your darkest hour, because your greatest promotion will come into your darkest hour. In this darkest hour were coronavirus is destroying lives, you’re about to have your best moments with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Before they were attacked in Jerusalem, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were not known, but take them to Babylon, you’re are about to advertise them. In Jerusalem, Shadrach was an ordinary man yet he worshipped a true living God. Meshach was an ordinary man yet he worshipped the God of Israel, but move them to Babylon, you’re about to see a new generation rising. There are people, you couldn’t buy a house when coronavirus was not there, you could not drive a car, get a job but I came to prophesy, in your darkest hour and moment, you’re about to shock the world with your comeback. If your Amen is louder, may it seal up your rising in Jesus’ name.

Now you’re in a picture of those who are condemned to fail; there are things that you couldn’t have because of your challenge but you are that type who rises when the world is against you. There are people listening to me; when they were not attacking you, there was no testimony; when they were not attacking you, your level was low; when they were not rising to attack you in WhatsApp groups; to fight you, your ministry, marriage and business, you were too ordinary, but now since they have set arrows against you, the world is about to hear you. Now that they have set hatred against you, the world is about to hear you. You don’t have a proof to show that your God is powerful when you’re now in Babylon, and captive. You don’t have a proof that your God is a God who can raise vagabonds when you’re walking on foot and others are driving. You cannot have proof that your God can change stories when you’re the only one in your family who is not married yet others are married, but I came to tell you that what you couldn’t do in Jerusalem, Babylon will hear you. I said, what you couldn’t do in Jerusalem, Babylon shall hear about you. In that moment, Nebuchadnezzar was the most powerful and feared man in the whole world. The world would tremble at him and his words when he spoke, no one could change them. But I read, “These are the men who changed the king’s word.” I am looking for that Generation that is going to reverse what the world powers are condemning or assigning and you become the one who is going to altar the declaration of the demonic world.

What you couldn’t do in the days of pleasure, you’re about to do in the days of attack. When the world collapses on you, get ready to make news. In that moment, they were given demonic names and on top of that, they were in the city of the power of Nebuchadnezzar where he worships all his demons, and all that the magician had done; he is making an image saying if you don’t worship this image, you shall be put to fire. The boys that rose from Jerusalem are about to shake and make history in Babylon. At the peak of his power; I don’t know which witch has grabbed your power, I don’t know which power of darkness has posted control  over your destiny, but in the name of Jesus, you’re about to humble that power and demon, you’re about to paralyze that network. Therefore, tonight, I declare it as your night of surprise comeback. You’re about to show up, when they all say, where is your God; when they all say, what is your God doing about your marriage, career and womb, don’t be worried, what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard and what no heart has perceived, God is about to do it for you.

In that moment, Nebuchadnezzar forced them to worship his god yet God’s worship is by will power. Nebuchadnezzar wanted to rob people the will power on whom to worship; he said, I will force you if you don’t worship or I will attack and put you in fire. Nebuchadnezzar asked these Hebrew boys, didn’t you hear the sound to bow down and worship my god; can I give you an option to go and discuss before you come here? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said to the king, the most powerful man, we don’t need another meeting to talk about this subject, “even when our God doesn’t deliver us, one thing you must know, you king, we shall not bow down to your god; we would rather die to meet God than live to lose God. We are ready to die for Him because our lives are in Him.” They were defeated in Jerusalem and now they are in Babylon, where they are expected to tremble against the most powerful man who says, “I multiply your fire by seven.” The more they increase their attack, they don’t know that they are increasing your influence. The more they gather in meetings against your life, they are not aware that they are beginning to advertise you. They start groups harassing your career not knowing that they are making you more popular. I am talking to someone who is about to make news before the year ends in their career, life, business and marriage, Get ready, something big is about to happen to you. What you couldn’t do in a normal environment, you’re about to shock them when things are worse. Therefore, in the midst of the attack when the globe is shaking, I see you buy land, houses like newspapers; I see your career shining more. When others are losing their jobs, you’re getting promoted. When others are losing their businesses, you’re buying more businesses. Someone is about to shake the world in the midst of darkness.

Friends, if you have never given your life to Jesus and you want to make Him first in your life, just say this simple prayer: “Lord Jesus, I ask you to be the Lord of my life; forgive me of all my sins; cleanse me; I believe You died on the cross for me and You rose from the dead. I ask you to be first in my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit; make me a new person and I believe in You in Jesus’ name.” You are Now a born again.

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