GO TO THE ENEMY`S CAMP.

We are starting this piece by briefly looking back at the history of Nigeria. In 1976, a coup was executed and General Muritala Mohammed...the then head of State was murdered. It was a killing led by General Dimka. After the killing, they took over the National Radio Station declaring their intention as the new Head of State but on a good day, it was General Obasanjo that ought to be the next Head of State. Obasanjo...knowing his right needed to find a way of taking back the government. He did this by using General Babaginda who was a good friend to the leader of the coup to go as a spy to meet him at the National Radio Station and access his strength. He went and saw Dimka`s armory and men...then they went to the Radio Station with armories that was five times better than that of the coup plotters and they succeeded to take back power. This history illustrates a typical way of going back to the enemy`s camp in order to take back what is yours. This concept is just a foundation to what we want to dwell on in this piece. As we imagine that scenario, let us now understand and capture what God has for us concerning this topic or subject. God wants us to go to the enemy`s camp and take back what they have stolen from us. Going to the opposition camp requires confidence and the backing of God. I want us to know that the enemy may not necessarily be the devil alone. It can be individual(s), group(s) and even yourself when talking about the flesh. In the Bible, David and his men went out to war and before they came back, the enemy has stolen all that belonged to them including their wives and children. We are going to be using David`s case as an example of how to declare our liberty in the enemy`s camp. When David and his men arrived back home having got a victory and seeing what the enemy did, they started crying and shouting that all that they had was all gone but the crying and shouting did not change their situation even though they used all their strength to cry. Are you still in the habit of crying when the enemy has taken something from you? Come off it and stop crying. David had to encourage himself because there was no one to do so for him. It is very important that you encourage yourself no matter how big the magnitude of what you have lost whether in your academics, finances, marital life or in your relationship. Encouraging yourself is the first step towards having confidence to recover the lost things. Let your encouragement be in the Lord. After David had encouraged Himself in the Lord, He went ahead to inquire of the Lord whether to go to the enemy`s camp or not. Friends, before you can go to claim what is yours, you need to inquire from the Lord whether to go or not because it is not by physical strength that you can recover all that you have lost but only by God`s backing and help. It is not by reading hard that will make you have distinctions in all your courses in school. It is only by His help. It is important to state clearly that until you know Him via His word, you won`t be able to inquire from Him. God told David to pursue and overtake. Many of us do inquire from the Lord before we engage in anything but we don`t always wait for God to reply us. Instead, we conclude with actions that is already in our minds. Let us always try and wait for God to stamp our plans before we execute them. As David went on the verge of recovering all that was lost, he met an Egyptian man who had a clue to the place where the lost things/people were but the man lacked food because he was abandoned. David and his men was able to meet the man`s need and they were nice to him instead of killing him because the man was also a part of the enemies. Let us try to do good even though we might be in haste to recover all that was lost because the person you are doing good to may look like the person who has nothing to offer you but in him lies the solution to your problems. David fought the enemy and conquered them to recover all that was lost. He was able to discover to recover all that was lost. He recovered all to the extent that none of the enemies escaped showing that there was a mark of excellence in their mission and a display of perfection which can only be made possible by God. There was a place of discovery for General Obasanjo whereby he recognized that Babaginda was a close friend to Dimka. Using the former as a spy made them (Obasanjo and Babaginda) to discover their strength and consequently know the strategy to overcome them. This discovery led to the recovery of the government/authority/power. One of the greatest enemy of human beings is the flesh(YOU). It can cause stagnancy, destruction, prevention from knowing God, reduction of the action of the Holy Spirit in one`s life etc. It is very important to fight the flesh by building one`s inner man with the word of God to stand against the activities of the flesh. Let us therefore go and recover ALL(not some) because it is time for us to be free and to be restored in ALL THINGS.