In-Him-Justified Devotional!
WEDNESDAY 10THJANUARY, 2018
FOCUS: THE EVER-CONQUERING TRIBE OF JUDAH (PART1)
TEXT: Gen 49:8“Judah your brothers will praise you;
Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s sons will bow down to you” (NIV)

We must understand that redemption has not just made us spiritual Jews, but has crowned us bonafide members of the ever-conquering Tribe of Judah of which Jesus our eldest brother happens to be the Lion-King and we are lion-princes and princesses-Col1:13 “For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves” (NIV). Through salvation we were comprehensively set free and any further attempt from the pit of hell will be met with fire and fury because we were not only rescued, but were also given royal cover as personal security here on earth –Gal 6:17.

Our membership of this family qualifies us for a life of untold conquest because lions are naturally dominant. We are not only conquerors but are more than conquerors-Rom 8:37.Our presence in any environment should sound terrific alarm and send damaging threat signals to the enemies. David, a seventeen year old boy brought down a seventy year old fighting giant with a sling and a stone-1Sam 17:49. It is because, in this family, our hands are always on the neck of our enemies to crush at will-Gen49:8.

We were made kings and queens at redemption-Rev 1:6. Jacob said to Judah” Your father’s sons will bow down to you”-Gen 49:8(NIV). A the redeemed of the Lord, we are ordained for a life of royalty. As a young believer, Bishop David Oyedepo would never go out without putting on his best because of his royalty consciousness and today, he’s a showpiece on earth. We have been chosen from various families, tribes, races and nations as members of God’s royal family on earth-1Pet 2:9.

A Cub was captured and raised among sheep, each time they went to the river and met lions they all ran away including the lion-sheep, but one day it discovered its real identity through the reflection in the water that it was different from the sheep it had grown up with but looked very much like the lions they’ve always run away from, as they went to the river and sighted the lions as usual, all the sheep took to their heels but the lion-sheep escaped to join his lions’ family, from that day it stopped being referred to as a lion-sheep.

You are not a lion-sheep but a pure daring and conquering lion from the tribe of Judah headed by the ever-conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah (Jesus Christ) and you must live with that consciousness, lions are not permitted to travail but they naturally prevail, you shall begin to prevail on every side in Jesus name. May God give us understanding in Jesus name.

Take this last word: It is the birthright of lions to prevail, your travailing must end and your prevailing must begin today!
Thanks for reading and be blessed of the Lord in Jesus name.

Felix Uzoma Okereafor

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