Look at the text with me today and let’s explore the steps that David took that led to a breakthrough for him and Israel. As many of you who have read the Bible through know, the two books of Chronicles cover much of the same time and history as the books of Samuel and Kings and, as such, these two books contain some of the very same accounts found earlier in the Bible. Our text today has a parallel account in 2 Samuel, chapter 5. It is an account from the life and leadership of King David, and in this account we see a great example of how God can give us a breakthrough in our life if we are willing to follow some very basic steps.
I) ACCEPT YOUR ANOINTING
Verse 8 tells us that, “David had been anointed king over all Israel.” The first step in your breakthrough is to find and fulfill your place of anointing. Your anointing is the calling of God upon your life and the power of the Holy Spirit to walk in that calling. If David was anointed to be king it is doubtful that he would ever have experienced a breakthrough trying to function as a priest or a prophet. He was a king, and his breakthrough would come in the area of his anointing.
Step number one on your way to your breakthrough is to find out where God wants you. What ministry are you called to? What person has He paired you with? What plan does God have for your life with respect to employment? If you are not operating in your area of anointing you will not experience your breakthrough. For example, there are people pastoring churches who are not called to pastoral ministry. They are operating outside of their anointing and until they yield to God’s call, and the ministry gift that the Holy Spirit has placed upon their life, they will never experience a Divine breakthrough.
David was anointed to be king and David experienced a king’s breakthrough on the field of battle. The thing about a calling is that it is God’s call upon your life, it is His decision for your life, and when we yield ourselves to His call, the anointing will follow and the breakthrough will come in that area of our life. In fact, if we try to function outside of His call and anointing the doors will close, those around us will not affirm our call, and we will be frustrated and unfruitful. The first step is to accept our anointing, that is, to claim our calling and to let God be God in our life.
II) PURSUE YOUR PURPOSE
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they went up to oppose David. When we embrace God’s destiny for our life the devil will come against us. After all, there is no breakthrough unless there is something to break through, some obstacle to overcome, or some opposition to triumph over. But when that opposition comes we cannot surrender to defeat or give up on our dream. If we know that we are operating in God’s plan and purpose for our life, and if we are embracing our divine destiny, then we need to keep on keeping on.
When David heard that the Philistines were coming up against him, he didn’t run and hide in the king’s palace. Instead, when David heard that the Philistines were looking for him, he took the fight to them. The second step in our breakthrough is to pursue our purpose. We have to want it enough to pursue and to persevere with passion. We have to stand up like men and women of faith and refuse to allow fear or doubt or discouragement keep us from finding and fulfilling our destiny and experiencing our breakthrough.
The truth is that breakthroughs rarely (if ever) come to the passive, the timid, or the fearful. Breakthroughs come to those who are willing to embrace and pursue their divine purpose and courageously live a purpose driven life. We used to sing a song when I was a kid that said, “Quitters never win, and winners never quit.”
May your BREAKTHROUGH come today IN JESUS name
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