The gate of each year is the beginning of that year; the gate of each month is the beginning of that month; the gate of each week is the beginning of that week; the door of each day is the dawn (from 12 at night) of that day. are you currently STRANDED Prayed STAGNANT on your path in life? Maybe it’s because a guardian prevents you from coming into realization and you don’t even know it. Take with me this literary journey to expose and conquer the forces responsible for your captivity.
“…or else, how can anyone break into a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man?…” (Matthew 12:29)
This liberating writing was the key that broke the door of my mental captivity and opened the doors of fruitful and productive activities.
When I heard a wise man once say that ‘The secrets of men are in their stories’. I quickly took a cue from their wisdom and started following the stories of my heroes and heroines, by chance I may stumble upon the secrets of their greatness.
That study took me on a literary journey from June 2001 to April 2002 (11 months!). By the time I arrived, I had caught the raging fire of success. I went with all my vigor to apply my discoveries for the full recovery of my tortured and downtrodden fate. I came out with a bold statement that: ‘Our neglect to nurture the applicable truths of life is the reason for our torture.’
Having fully recovered, I am now ready to deliver that same truth to you through a series of articles on my potent encounter with what I have chosen to call the ‘Forces of the Gate’ or ‘Forces of the Midnight Hour’.
Take a look at these names and see if they mean anything to you. Jesus Christ; David Yonggi Cho; Kenneth and Gloria Copeland; Kenneth Hagin; billy graham; Enoch Adeboye; David Oyedepo; Daniel Olukoya; Bill Gates; Johanne Kathleen Rowling;…the list is not exhaustive, but I will just use them, over the course of this series, as benchmarks to ratify the stubborn truth of greatness that so many of us have been so neglectful of, in the past.
There is a battle at the ‘door of destiny’ that many are unaware of; many even fought this battle unconsciously and still got a good result. While studying the secrets of greatness, I found out that almost every great man or woman fought this battle and won it, some lucky ones even fought it without knowing it. Those who lost this ‘battle’ ended up as destitute in life. May you be strengthened by the discovery of this series to go forward and win your own inescapable battle at the ‘door’ of your destiny! After all, behind every retrieval and delivery is the pillar and reflector of discovery.
I saw in Isaiah 28:6 ‘…and to give strength to those who turn the battle to the gate.’ and asked: ‘Why the battle at the gate?’
The answer came involuntarily from my spirit that: ‘Only those who win the battle of the gates will conquer the city.’ In ancient times, every self-respecting city was surrounded with walls and gates. Ancient Babylon, Egypt, Israel, etc. they were notable examples and not exceptions to these.
In our modern times, while it is a fact that the physical walls have come down, the walls of customs and immigration are vibrant for all of us who regularly travel out of our respective countries to others, to experience.
The stories of the men and women of diverse origins that I listed earlier showed a common shining golden thread of people who kept the midnight hour mentally and spiritually and were not disappointed.
When you fight mentally and spiritually at the ‘entry point’ of any territory or season with the ‘guardian’ in charge of that territory or season, and win, you are bound to shine and blossom like the morning star.
All of these men and women of stature, status and stardom are victors in the ‘battle of the gates’. In my next article, I will show you what the midnight battle of the gate means.