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Battling The Bulls Of Bashan

Psalm 22:12

Bulls are powerful, big, cow like creatures known for their ruggedness and aggression.
Bulls can be fearless and are well known for their quick temper.
Bulls are stronger than the normal man.
When a bull and a normal human being collide the human being is the one who dies.

The bulls of Bashan represent enemies or problems that are beyond us, they are the enemies or problems we cannot fix by our own power.
They are enemies or challenges stronger than we are.
The bulls of Bashan are challenges meant to destroy us, they are problems meant to take us out.
They are challenges which the enemy and his agents have programmed into our lives with the intention of the problems defeating us.
They are problems empowered or fed by the enemy.

Bashan was an enemy nation headed by an evil king called Og.
Og and the whole army of Bashan tried to fight the nation of Israel but God gave Israel  victory over Og and the army of Bashan.
Og was struck down, his sons and his army was struck down and the land of Bashan was taken over.
Numbers 21:31-35

Bashan, headed by Og was a nation known to breed the healthiest and strongest bulls and rams.
Deuteronomy 32:13,14
After the nation of Israel defeated the nation of Bashan their rams and bulls became food for the nation of Israel.
It is God who gives the labour of the enemies into our hands.
It is God who  helps us reap where we haven't sowed.
It is God who gives us the spoils of war.
God is not calling us to battles without rewards.
After battling the bulls of Bashan there must be rewards, just as David was rewarded after defeating Goliath in battle.
1 Samuel 17:26,27,29
For every battle you stood and faced by God's grace, ask God for rewards.

The bull has always been symbolic of rebellion and disobedience to God.
When the children of Israel made a god for themselves in the wilderness from gold it was forged in the image of a calf or bull.
Exodus 32:1-5

To defeat the bulls of Bashan in your life: -
1) Have God's presence.
2) Do not fear.
3) Know victory is yours.
4) Fight back.
Deuteronomy 3:1-5

Teacher-Pastor Olutosin Ogunkolade shares this message!

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