My Inspiration Crowned with favour to reign By William King | Email: kingwilliam189@gmail.com | image courtesy: clarityministries.com
We weren’t created to go through life overcome by problems, happen. What God promised you will come to pass. struggling to make it, stuck in mediocrity. God didn’t create you to live defeated, burdened. He created you to reign, to Jehoiada, the priest in the temple, and his wife took care of be a victor not the victim. The Scripture says that “God has little Joash year after year, knowing he was destined to take crowned you with favour.” the throne. When Joash was seven-years-old, Jehoiada That crown is symbolic of gathered the military comthe fact that we’re supposed That crown is symbolic of the fact that we’re supposed manders and heads of the to reign. You are crowned to to reign. You are crowned to defeat enemies. Crowned Israelite families. He showed defeat enemies. Crowned to to take your family to a new level. Crowned to succeed, them that Joash was alive take your family to a new lev- leave your mark. and declared, “The time has el. Crowned to succeed, leave come for the King’s son to your mark. Anything negative reign” (2Chronicles 23:3). that’s been reigning over you; there’s about to be a shift. It didn’t seem as though young Joash was ready to reign. He didn’t have the training, experience, wisdom. It seemed like You are about to reign over what’s been reigning over you. it was years away but Jehoiada said, “It’s your time to reign.” In 2Chronicles 22, when King Ahaziah of Judah was killed, I can imagine Joash didn’t even understand what “reign” his mother decided to take the throne. She killed the whole meant. royal family of the house of Judah, except for Ahaziah’s baby son Joash who was taken and hidden by his aunt in the tem- King Joash went on to do much good for Israel as long as ple for six years. Jehoiada was alive. What am I saying? It’s time for the King’s children to reign. Whatever negative thing has been reignHis grandfather, Athaliah’s husband, was a descendant of ing over you is about to end. This is a new day. You are comKing David. If she had succeeded in getting rid of all her ing into destiny moments. husband’s relatives, the promise God made to David that one of his descendants would always be on the throne, wouldn’t
TT 147 | April 5th - April 11th | 2022
