Students And Youth Congress SAYCO 2022 Day 2 - Special Numbers Theme Talk 1
Channel: Co-Laborers With Christ
Date: 01/05/2022

𝐆𝐞𝐧. 𝟐𝟐:𝟏𝟕 (𝐍𝐊𝐉𝐕)
…𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐆𝐞𝐧. 𝟐𝟒:𝟔𝟎 (𝐍𝐊𝐉𝐕)
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫: " 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦."


God spoke to Abraham at the point of offering Isaac and said “𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔”.
At the release of Rebekah as Isaac’s wife, her people spoke these words too.

A gate is an entry or exit point. It is a control point where you allow in or out of a place. It’s a point of access, a place where decisions are made.
A gate is therefore a very key place, more so in our lives. He who mans the gate is the AUTHORITY holder.

Possessing the gates of our enemies is a spiritual "coup d'état", a military term meaning to overthrow. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝟏𝟎:𝟏𝟎, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟐

It involves reclaiming what was originally ours. It is an undertaking that requires made up mind with a clear focus without wavering.

𝐅𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠:
i. Possessing is a journey, not an event.
ii. Everyone likes possessing e.g. a powerful sermon on instant blessings, but apparently it’s a continual journey with its accompanying costs. 
iii. Possession is therefore a lifestyle where we need to be totally sold out for God.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫:
i. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: Prayer makes you tap in the realm of the Spirit, pray always.
ii. 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: To be decided on one direction but not two.
iii. 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬: These are diverting and distracting issues from the main goal. Samson was a possessor but was distracted with serious consequences.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫/𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫?
i. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: living for others, making things happen not for personal benefit but for Kingdom’s benefit.
ii. 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝: Doing things with no guaranteed payback, investing heavily without an assurance of return (Faith).
iii. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲: Yesterday’s business takes a lot of our energy. For us to possess, we have to live today.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬?
i. 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬: - Luke 5:5 - Taking the rightful position and approach.
ii. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - Gal 3:3 - The Spirit must precede the carnal.
iii. 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝. - In our pursuit, our target must be clear and not blurred.