KILLING YOUR JEREMIAH
Destiny dates back to the time before the birth of a child.
Hebrews 7: 10: For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
Here we are told of what happened while Levi was in the Loins of Abraham. If not for the insight given in the New Testament, we would not have understood the phenomenon. In the same vein, a lot of things had taken place while you were in the loins of your ancestors. Whatever evil practices they engaged in, even hundreds of years ago, you partook with them. Of course, the consequences of such events are affecting your destiny till date.
Granted that a lot can happen to a person’s destiny before the person is in the womb, it is important to go further to understand that lots of destinies get destroyed or tampered with while in the womb.
THE MYSTERY
If God has access to a child in the womb, the devil also has the ability to infiltrate the womb and cause permanent damage to the lives of multitudes. The period of nine months, which you spent in the womb, is capable of affecting your destiny for some seventy years. It is likely that your Jeremiah had been tampered with before you were born. You have to do a rewind through the instrumentality of spiritual warfare.
THE PANACEA
Whatever evil contamination has corrupted your Jeremiah must be disinfected spiritually. Even if your Jeremiah has undergone deliverance, you must constantly battle all forces that have targeted your Jeremiah for destruction.
In my ministration at home and in my constant travels abroad, I have discovered that the greatest problem of the black man, and indeed other races, is that the Jeremiah in many lives is constantly under attack.
You must, therefore spend ample time praying against any power warring against your Jeremiah. If you can successfully pray to recover your destiny, your history will change in a dramatic way. This chapter should provoke you to pray like never before.
This topic is very important as it deals directly with what it takes to experience the fulfilment of destiny. Because of the seriousness of the topic, there is a call for unending prayer and ministration to terminate the evil intentions of the enemy.
The Bible throws light on the importance of foundation as it relates to the fulfilment of destiny.
Jeremiah 1:4-5: Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
The key word in this leading text is “before”. It says: “Before I formed thee I knew thee and before thou comest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee …”
DESTINED FOR GREATNESS
Before Jeremiah was born, all these things had taken place. Also, reading the book of Luke chapter one from verse 13, we discover another instance of a destiny formed from the womb.
Luke 1:13: But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.”
John is another character whose destiny became colourful right from the womb. The naming ceremony was done before the baby was conceived: “And thou shall call his name John.”
Luke 1:14-17: And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
AN UNCOMMON DESTINY
Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, also started out with an uncommon destiny. His birth, life and ministry were clearly predicted.
Luke 1:31-33: And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
These details were given about our Lord Jesus Christ. The prophecy came before his conception took place.
More prophetic insights are given below:
Luke 2:28-34: Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; Alight to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
The life and ministry of the Lord Jesus were predetermined and predicted.
DIVINELY ORDAINED
God spoke to Jeremiah: “Before I formed thee, I know thee. I sanctify thee. I ordained thee a prophet from the womb.” This means that a man can be born a prophet from the womb.
A man can be ordained and sanctified from the womb. A man can be filled with Holy spirit from the womb. But it is very unfortunate that many people who were born great died unknown.
THE INVERTED DESTINY
Many people who were born as warriors died as slaves. Many were born to adorn people with costly dresses but they themselves wore rags. Many were born millionaires but now they are paupers. Many were born to be heads, but now they are at the tail region.
Many were born as world changers but now they are victims of frustration and despair. Many were born runners but now they are crawlers. Many are potential prophets but now they are parrots. Many are supposed to be eagles but now they operate at a lower level than chickens.
Many were born champions but now they operate as losers. Many people are supposed to be human goldmines such that anything they lay their hands upon would prosper but unfortunately they are now wretched and poor.
TRAGIC!
This is a tragic situation. It is a sad occurrence. If God opens your eyes to See yourself at the lowest level when you are supposed to be breaking new grounds at the highest level, you will cry until you lose your voice.
There are so many believers who gave their lives to God many years back and God expected them to be high fliers, but now they are fallen and are struggling to crawl.
The unbelievers are taking over what belongs to the believers because we have failed to make connection between what we ought to be and what we actually are. God knows Jeremiah when he was still in his mother’s womb. God sanctified him and ordained him to be a prophet from the womb. If by abortion Jeremiah has been killed, then Jeremiah would never have been.
The mother who aborted him might not have known that the aborted baby would have been a mighty prophet of God. The mother who killed him through abortion might not know that the baby would essentially be a mighty prophet of God. But because the child is on God’s agenda, God would have felt the loss. Of course, the parents cannot go scot-free.
NEVER GIVE UP
God knows you before you were born and He has a plan for your life. Whether you are in that plan or not is another story
entirely. The plan of God for you could be fulfilled or aborted depending on you and some other factors. Every human being existing in this planet is unique in God’s plan. No creature of God is an accident.
If you feel so frustrated and kill yourself, you would have killed the future prophet you are meant to be. If you feel so confused and terminate your life, you would have destroyed God’s prophetic agenda for this generation. If you kill your Jeremiah you will not only hurt yourself, you may also hurt a whole nation. The whole nation may not have the opportunity of having another Jeremiah for the next fifty years. The whole prophetic agenda for the end-time could have been destroyed. It could mean that a unique project has been aborted. God could be seriously disappointed.
FRAGMENTED LIVES
If the enemy is allowed to move very fast early in someone’s life to destroy his destiny or direct it, it is not the person alone that would be affected. The whole nation, and a whole generation’s agenda will be in shambles. If you allow laziness and carelessness to invite spiritual wickedness to plunder your destiny; the whole nation, the whole dispensational programmes, would be in disarray.
Here lies the great tragedy of the modern era. Many people who walk around today are already fragmented. Some are either one-quarter human beings or three-quarter human beings. Hardly we can find men and women who are able to attain a hundred percent of what God meant them to be.
THE DIVINE PURPOSE
God does not embark on useless projects. Sometimes, satan, in collaboration with men, could jeopardize your destiny. A department is responsible for ruining God’s programme for people with colourful destinies and they may end up destroying it; but God still has a good intention towards all. For he says in His words “I know the thought that I have towards you, the thought of good and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
God has a good purpose for every one He has allowed to come to this world. His purpose for your lire may be delayed like that of Abraham. It may face opposition and hindrance like that of Daniel, and it may be under threat to be aborted and even ruined like that of Nehemiah; but one thing is very sure: God’s purpose for your life cannot be killed. No power can destroy your destiny. Without your consent no enemy can tamper with your destiny.
THE WASTED PRODIGY
The issue at hand calls for an intense fasting and prayers. I pray that you will not be like one 72-year-old man whom I met some years back. At 72 he discovered himself. The day God opened his eyes to what went wrong with his destiny he wept like a baby. We had to beg him to stop crying. It took us a lot of effort to pacify him.
I have never Seen any man with the type of photographic brain which the man had, even at his advanced age. If about 20 people were holding a meeting that lasted for about three hours and the old man was made the secretary he would only listen attentively to each member’s contribution without writing anything down. When he got home, he would sit down and write down the minutes of the meeting verbatim. What each person said would be recorded with accuracy. Even at 72 his brain was still very sharp.
I sent the old man on a deliverance programme. For the first time in his life he saw a vision of his life. What did he see? In a revelation, God took him to the house of a witch doctor. He saw himself brought there as a baby by his parents. The parents demanded to know about his destiny. The fetish priest consulted his oracle and the oracle spoke: “This child will be very great. He will be great to the point that white men will pay obeisance to him, for I can See him standing and white men are bowing before him.
His parents asked the witch doctor: “Are you saying that this baby will not live in this country? ‘The priest said, “Yes”. The parents resorted: “If he goes away who Will look after us?“ They inquired if anything could be done to stop their son from travelling abroad. They told the herbalist to do everything to make their son stay in the county.
The witch doctor demanded for the child’s placenta, tied a heavy stone at one end of the placenta, chanted some incantations on it and threw it into a lagoon, and said: “As long as a piece of stone will never float, this boy will never step out of this country” When the man was old, he tried hard to step out of the country, but all to no avail. He was given scholarship and awards but the enemy prevented him from getting to where his destiny was located. The enemy sat on his destiny.
Immediately after his deliverance a letter he would have used for an oversees travel that was sent to him about four years earlier was received. The person who wrote the letter had died. That is why prayer must be said on time. I would like you to raise up your voice and pray with all your might, strength and with holy anger:
Any power creating a barrier between me and the location of my destiny, die, in the name of Jesus.
THE PREDETERMINED MINISTRY
John the Baptist had a name and a very mighty ministry even before he was born. He had a ministry for God and to men. He was meant to prepare the way of the Lord. In fulfilling this ministry, his parents had some roles to play. There were certain things John the Baptist must not do. These were the things, which were not consistent with the life into which he was called.
For example, he must not drink wine or strong drink. Solomon stated that it is not good for kings to drink wine. A serious believer knows that no one can mix wine and Holy Ghost together. Samson learnt his lesson bitterly. He mixed wine and the Holy Ghost together and thereby broke his Nazareth vow.
I want you to imagine how many people would have felt disappointed if John the Baptist and his parents had failed in their responsibilities. If John the Baptist had felt frustrated and despaired and went ahead to terminate his life by committing suicide, or if he had allowed himself to be killed before hand, or if he had led a wasted life, many people would have perished.
WHEN JEREMIAH DIES
Do you know that many people whom God sent for a definite purpose have perished and that those they were sent to deliver did not enjoyed them? Do you realize that many people perished because the man God sent to them did not get to them? Their blood shall be required from the hands of such people.
Beloved, you have to be careful of what you do to yourself. Please, don’t kill the Jeremiah in you before he is manifested. Unfortunately the Jeremiah in some people are in a state of a comma. And for some, the day they were born their Jeremiah was killed. They are now moving about like wandering stars.
The death of a Jeremiah is tragic. If this happens, it is not only the person that is killed but the whole plan of God is devastated and destroyed. A whole gift for mankind for a generation is destroyed and devastated. Jeremiah can die in transit. Many destinies are in transit and the owners must be careful what they do. A minute’s mistake can kill the Jeremiah in you.
THE EVIL FOUNDATION
There is a case that mothers must learn a lot from. A mother who happened to be a working class woman gave birth to a baby girl. The mother was working with a bank. She would go to her place of work in the morning and come back late. She discovered that the baby girl never made any demand on her. She never asked for breast or food. She was always happy. She would not cry.
The mother got bordered about the situation because the other children she gave birth to did not behave in a like manner as the baby girl. Why this abnormality? She asked. She was curious. What happened was that, immediately madam left home in the morning, the houseboy would open the mouth of the little girl and insert his penis into her mouth. This poor little baby girl would suck the penis until she became satisfied. By the time the mother came back, the girl would no longer be interested either in food or in the breast. Great wickedness!
When I mentioned the case to one of our pastors, he said that we should use prayers to kill the houseboy. If such a baby was brought to you, what will you do? You have to pray for the resurrection of her Jeremiah.
It is a pity that right from her early age a terrible foundation had been laid for that girl. If there is no divine intervention, nothing will prevent her from being a prostitute sooner or later.
YOUR APPOINTED DESTINY
Do you know what happened to you when you were at that age? Do you know where your parents took you to? These are the factors that can make your Jeremiah to be killed by you, by your enemy, by your parents, by carelessness, by a negative environment or by other factors. What are we saying in essence? There is something only you can do in this life.
Everything God created is to solve a problem. He created light to solve the problem of darkness. He created water to solve the problem of thirst and food to solve the problem of hunger.
There is an appointed place for you in life. If your internal Jeremiah is still alive; you will get there. There is the story of two women in the Bible that used to intrigue me in those days. One is called Leah and the others called Rachael. Leah was not beautiful, she was an introvert and was not glamorous. Rachael, on the other hand, was beautiful, interesting and could entice anyone. Everybody wanted to hang around Rachael but Leah was abandoned. They did not know that there was something God has planted in Leah which was not in Rachael.
It was out of the womb of Leah that the ten pillars of Israel came. Suppose, Leah had killed herself out of frustration what would have happened? Suppose, Leah committed suicide because people were laughing at her like some of our sisters today who generally complain bitterly saying, “Everybody is looking at me disdainfully. They are mocking me because my younger sister is married and I am not. She has ten children, but I am not yet married. They think I am a witch.” Leah would not have killed herself alone but she would have killed the whole nations that came out of her. And when God opened your eyes to see what you have killed, you may not have any excuse to escape hell fire.
There is a purpose for your life. When God’s purpose for your life marries your potentials and is coordinated by the Holy Ghost then you will fulfill your destiny.
Anything can happen to your internal Jeremiah. It could be killed. It could be dominated. It could be re-arranged or misled. It could be destroyed and put in a satanic dustbin. It can be charmed or satanically transferred. It could be buried alive. It could be defeated. It could float and it could be fragmented and paralysed.
In the spiritual world, things can be transferred back and forth either for good or for bad. That is why it is possible for our curse and sickness to be transferred on Jesus. This is because spiritual transfer is possible. A sister stopped working in a popular hospital the day she saw a senior doctor collecting the water used to bath new born babies and drinking it. She left saying, “I cannot work here again.”
MARKED MEN AND WOMEN
I want you to review what you have read so far. Are you intact or fragmented? Is your Jeremiah dead or alive? Is it in a state of comma? Are you sure what you are doing now is the right thing for you?
The greater part of the problem the church is facing now is that 95 per cent of those who are standing behind pulpit preaching are supposed not to. They are supposed to be doing something else. Those that are meant to occupy the pulpits are still languishing in the world, smoking cigarettes, drinking beer and running after strange flesh. They may continue to do so until their time expires and they will lament over the whole mission of God that they have destroyed.
If Someone is in a very good football team, especially if he is a centre forward or striker, he will soon discover that he is a marked man. Sometimes the opposing team will ask the three defenders to be following him to arrest his movements.
Many of us that are born again are already marked men and women. The devil will instruct a satanic agent: “Watch this one.”
At the inception of this ministry, a woman who was not a witch, related a spine-chilling story of a family in Australia. A child was born to this family who was supposed to be a deliverer. God told the parents that if they wanted His purpose for the child to be fulfilled, they should not fight, or quarrel or engage in argument of any kind. The parents happened to be born again, so they agreed with God’s instruction.
One day, an argument ensued and they started fighting. This fight, opened a door for the devil. In the process they poured boiling oil on the child. That was all. The deliverer was killed. The whole nation suffered and the whole destiny was vandalized.
When you are a marked man and the enemy considers your destiny very risky, he will attack you. When he knows that your prophetic agenda will touch lives, when he fears that your life will impact on your generation, he will attack you. It may be that God has raised you up as a battle axe and has programmed you to be great, then mark it, the enemy will put up a fight against you to bring down the eagle of your destiny. It is left to you to say no to the devil. It is you who will refuse to be humiliated. Refuse to be brought down. Guard your Jeremiah jealously. Don’t let the devil kill your Jeremiah. Fulfill your destiny.
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
Stay permanently away from sin: sin can put you into a trouble which no science can pull you out from.
Obey God’s commandment in all things.
Destroy the works and properties, of the devil wherever they may be found in your life.
Learn to use God’s word: read, study and meditate on it. Many of us don’ t read the Bible and it is a tragedy.
Check the word you speak, because your mouth is a double-edged sword. It can bring death, it can bring life.
Find out your destiny by prayer. Discover the person you are supposed to be.
Engage in warfare prayer to recover your destiny, if it is already stolen.
You still have time on your side. There are many things you can still do to deliver yourself from the cage of the enemy. Don’t allow your internal Jeremiah to die. Today, pray until something happens.
PRAYER POINTS
- Every good thing stolen from me in the womb, I repossess it by fire, in the name of Jesus.
- Every witchcraft arrow, fired into my life when I was a baby, die, in the name of Jesus.
- O God, arise, and let me locate myself, in the name of Jesus.
- Every power, delegated to destroy my internal Moses, die, in the name of Jesus.
- Every vision killer of my father’s house, what are you waiting for; die, in the name of Jesus.
- Make this confession seven times: “I am born to win.” After the seventh time say: “In Jesus’ name, A men!”
- Make this confession seven times: “I am born to win, I am not born to lose.” After the seventh time, say: “In Jesus’ name.
- Make this confession sevenfold: “I move to the next divine level of my life.” After the seventh time, say: “In Jesus’ name.
- Make this confession sevenfold: “My destiny, expose by fire.” After the seventh time, say: “In Jesus’ name.
- Say this again with all your might sevenfold: “Oh heaven! Trouble my trouble today.” After the seventh time, say: “In Jesus’ name.
- Every internal Jeremiah that has died, come alive, in the name of Jesus.
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