Athaliah must Die I

Monday 13 March
READ: 2 Chron. 23: 11 - 1
MORE LESSON: 2 Chron. 22: 1 - 12

The kings of Judah were descendants of David but some of them followed the path of the idolatrous kings of the ten-tribes of Israel. One of such kings that led Judah astray was Jehoram, the son of King Jehoshaphat. Jehoram had married Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. Athaliah was the princess of the wicked duo of Ahab and Jezebel who ruled Israel, led them into idolatry and killed the priests of God. Athaliah was born into a power-drunk family and was used to exercising control in Israel. Afterwards, she got married to Jehoram the king of Judah and became queen in Judah. She started to exercise power more wickedly and influenced her husband to do evil.
After the death of her husband, Arabian raiders invaded the royal family in Judah and killed the king's children, leaving only Ahaziah the son of Athaliah. Ahaziah became king in Judah and so Athaliah was the Queen Mother. The wicked woman continued to control the land as she influenced her son to rule in wickedness. After a while, Ahaziah, Athaliah's son, died and the throne was by right to go to another person born within the royal family of the lineage of David. Athaliah decided that even though her husband and son through whom she ruled the land were dead, she would not let go of the throne. So, she killed everyone that had a right to the throne. She killed all the heirs and royal family members and sat on the throne as the sole ruler of Judah, a land she came to through marriage.
There are wicked men who have this kind of controlling spirit, who always want to rule and control people. This is evidenced in the trend in their lives; they are always looking for power and never want to let go of the place of power. There are men and women in Nigeria who have this spirit of Athaliah. They hate being anywhere else than the place of power. They can do anything; kill, throw the land into confusion or destroy, just to be in the place of power. People with this kind of controlling spirit always seek to hold the whole land and nation captive to themselves or their family.
Athaliah took over the land of Judah and turned it into a den of idolatry. She turned the land over to Baal, the idol of her father's house. There are Athaliahs in homes, families and nations and they have to be dealt with. These are people that push every other person down so that everyone worships and cringes as they reign with terror. Such people will not be corrected and no one can speak contrary to what they say. The way to deal with such spirits and people is to invoke the judgement of God. Death is the only way to stop them.

Prayer/Action
* Every wicked personality exerting control over my life and family, I command you to die by fire, in Jesus’ name.
* I command all forces of wickedness working against my life and destiny to lose their hold, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
With God on my side, I shall outrun all my enemies to glory this month, in the name of Jesus.