The crown has been established over life

John 19:25
Genesis 32:22-22

The crown is a symbol of victory, glory, and honor.

The crown is a symbol of favor, influence, and dominion.

The crown is a symbol of power, authority, and royalty.

God created you and established you upon the earth to have favor, influence, dominion, authority, power, victory, glory and honor.

And in order for you to operate in the aforementioned attributes then you must have an established crown rested upon your life.

At the baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan by John the Baptist the dove came from above and rested upon Jesus.

The coming of the dove was symbolic of the coming of the crown of perfection and excellence which Jesus needed to start his assignment upon the earth.

The crown can also be described as the anointing of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus.

Without a crown then it’s utterly impossible to function effectively in your God given assignment.

And for the Crown to be established there is a need to go through certain experiences that only God has appointed.

In the natural, whenever someone goes to war, and suffers no injury, many times than not he or she is considered victorious.

However in the world of the spirit the individual who walks away from the battle field wounded and injured is many times than not the victor and not the victim.

On the hill of Calvary, Jesus was wounded broken and bruised but yet still he was the victor and the victims where those who perpetuated his suffering on the cross.

The man who came and wrestled with Jacob in the mid night hour injured Jacob at the hip and hence Jacob walked away broken but yet still Jacob was victor of the wrestling match that had taken place between him and the man.

The man who wrestled Jacob all the night long did not get injured but yet still he lost the wrestling match to Jacob.

After the wrestling match Jacob walked away with a crown bestowed unto him by the very man that injured his hip during the wrestling match.

The crown that was bestowed upon Jacob by the man he wrestled with from mid night to the break of dawn is known as Israel.

For the man demanded to be let go by Jacob for the dawn was breaking and Jacob refused to let go of the man not until the man blessed him.

And in blessing Jacob the man argued, “You have fought both man and God and you have overcome, conquered, and won and from henceforth you will no longer be known as Jacob but Israel.

Israel is not just a name (life and character) but Israel is a crown and a symbol of victory, glory and honor.

Israel is a symbol of power, authority and royalty.

Israel is a symbol of favor, influence and dominion.

Thus the name and the nation of Israel are mighty and powerful.

Thus name and nation of Israel can't suffer defeat at the hands of her adversaries.

Thus the name of Israel is synonymous with great influence, dominion and favor as much as global power and authority.

Jesus was broken , wounded and bruised for the sins of the world and after all the suffering he endured, the men who perpetuated his suffering placed a crown of thorns over his head as a sign the he was a victor despite all that he was going through.

Indeed and in fact the man who came to wrestle Jacob had a blessing for Jacob that he was assigned to give unto Jacob but there was no way he was going to bless Jacob with breaking Jacob.

It’s for this reason that Jacob does not become Israel until he is broken by the man at the hip.

There are people that God has assigned in your life to bless you by establishing the crown of victory, glory, and honor over your life but they can only do it after breaking your heart, after bruising your life and wounding your life.

Conversely they are people who have been assigned by God to wound you and break your heart so that God can use the occasion to bless you with a crown by which you will be effective in your life and in the assignments that God has rendered unto you in both time and eternity.

Hence with the aforementioned understanding you have got to be thankful of those who came in your life and never appreciated you.

Be thankful to those who abused your life and took you for granted.

Be thankful to those who broke your heart and left you for dead.

Be thankful to those who vainly used you in an effort demoralize yourself worth and self esteem.

Be thankful to those who worked hammer and tongs to make sure that you lose ownership of everything substantial that you worked so dearly for.

Be thankful because if it was not for them then the crown of God for the life of you would not have been established upon your life.

If it was not for the Roman soldiers who beat and wounded the body of Jesus then he would not have received the crown that validates him as the Lord of Lords and the king of kings.

The people who came in your life and wounded knew not they were assigned by God to establish God’s crown over your life.

In fact there is no way they would have known because they left you for dead without considering that after your brokenness and wounded self then the crown will be established over your life.

After the crown has been established everywhere you go you will be known as a man of victory, honor and glory.

Everywhere you go you will be known as a man of power, authority and royalty.

Everywhere you go you will be known as a man of favor, influence, and dominion because the crown of God has been established over life your life.

Nations shall be awestruck at your sight and bow down in your presence because of the crown of God that has been established over your life.