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THEME: Before the Crown Appears, the Battle at the Gate Must Be Won.
DAY 4
MESSAGE TITLE:
Who Sat at the Gate When Your Name Was Announced?
SCRIPTURE TEXT:
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”
-Psalm 24:7 (KJV)
DATE: May 2, 2025
BY: EFFIONG ETOK
Carrier of God’s Word
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Your crown may be ready, but if the wrong voice sits at your gate, your name can rise in prophecy and still be denied in manifestation.
INTRODUCTION
What is the Gate-and Who are the Gatekeepers?
A gate is a transition point-a moment when decisions are made that shift your life.
A gatekeeper is not always a person.
Sometimes, it is a moment, a power, or a position that has the authority to say yes or no when your destiny knocks.
Sometimes, parents are the gatekeepers to children’s destiny.
Sometimes, it’s a church, a boss, a servant, or a stranger.
Sometimes it’s you, either praying-or sleeping.
A gatekeeper can be spiritual (Daniel 10:13 – Prince of Persia delaying answers).
A gatekeeper can be political (Esther 3 – Haman, with power to write laws).
A gatekeeper can be a decision-making moment (Esther 6:1 – the king’s insomnia).
A gatekeeper can be you-if you are spiritually alert or absent when your moment comes.
A gatekeeper can even be an ancestral voice speaking rejection over your name at every new season.
The real danger is not that your name wasn’t called-but that when it was called, someone else was sitting at the gate.
MAIN MESSAGE:
In Genesis 41, Joseph’s name was remembered only because a butler spoke.
In 1 Samuel 16, David entered the palace because a servant recommended him.
In Ruth 4, Boaz redeemed Ruth at the city gate while ten elders watched.
In 2 Kings 5, Naaman was healed because a slave girl opened her mouth.
In Daniel 10, Daniel’s answer was delayed because a prince of Persia sat at the gate.
Beloved, who sat at the gate when your name was called?
Was it a praying parent or a silent altar?
Was it a loyal helper or a jealous system?
Was your church covering awake-or absent?
In this month of May 2025, many are due for reward-but heaven is still waiting for the right voice to answer.
Because gates don’t open to silence.
They open to representation.
And if the wrong voice answered-your name can be misunderstood, misquoted, or replaced.
Worse stil!-some of us have abandoned our own gates.
You stopped praying. Stopped fasting.
And while your name rose in prophecy-you weren’t there when destiny knocked.
But today, mercy speaks.
The King of Glory is standing at the gate.
And He will not allow your moment to pass to another.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
1. Who is representing you at the gates of decision?
2. Are your parents, pastors, or you yourself awake to your role as a gatekeeper?
3. Have you been absent from your own gate?
TAKEAWAY STATEMENT:
Your destiny may be royal, but if the wrong voice sits at your gate, even the palace won’t see you. This month, God is replacing voices and reopening gates.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. O Lord, every strange voice at my gat-be silenced by fire! Let the voice of mercy and favor rise for me this May 2025, in Jesus’ Mighty Name!
2. Father, raise for me godly gatekeeper-parents, pastors, and strangers who will not be silent when my name is called, in Jesus’ Mighty Name!
