Despite the No
Said to David, You will not get in here. Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David.
1 Chronicles 11:5 (NIV)
The Jebusites mocked David: you will not get in here. Impregnable fortress, confident throats, locked gates. Nevertheless, David captured Zion, the City of David. Gratitude for noes God turns to yes. Every impossible owns a falling date when the anointed advances. Mockeries become fortresses' tombstones.
David took Zion through the water shaft, an unlikely entrance. God laughs at walls with unusual strategies. Gratitude for divine creativity: where armies see doors, God shows ducts. Doors locked to men invite God in. The Jebusites' no became the throne's eternal address.
The City of David: conquest became identity. Zion would carry his name for millennia and house the temple. Gratitude conquering turns insult into inheritance. Mockery places become glory stages for whoever persists. God rebaptizes announced defeats with permanent victory names.
Today, list your Jebusite noes: diagnoses, doors, sentences. Advance despite them with heaven's strategy. Thank in advance for coming Zion. Every today's you-will-not of today is tomorrow's city-of-David for anointed feet that never retreat.
And advance gratefully: mocking noes become eternal Zions. Advance gratefully today. Mocking noes become Zions. God opens doors. Conquer thankfully. Persist daily and conquer gladly. Noes fall, Zions rise. Thank in advance.