"ANOINTED FOR BREAKTHROUGH"

By Barbara Wentroble barbara@wentroble.org

http://www.wentroble.org/

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THE MOST UNLIKELY "IN THE NATURAL" -- YET CHOSEN BY THE LORD

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The Church has stepped into a new season. God has prepared a company of people with an anointing to breakthrough into the God-ordained destiny for their lives as well as for cities and nations. Many of these people are the most unlikely in the natural to be chosen by the Lord. How He loves to take the least likely and demonstrate His ability through them!

David in the Bible was one of the unlikely people God used to accomplish great breakthroughs. David came forth at a time when the Lord was transitioning His people from an old religious order (Eli) to a fresh new move of His Spirit (David). Whenever God brings His people to a major intersection in history, He always raises up prophets to declare the new move of God. The prophet Samuel stood at a major intersection in history and poured the anointing oil on young David. He declared a new authority was arising to defeat the powers of the enemy and release the will of God in the earth. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward (1 Sam. 16:13).

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ANOINTED IN THE MIDST OF HIS OWN BROTHERS

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David received his first anointing in the midst of his own brothers. In an obscure place God chose an unlikely individual to accomplish great Kingdom exploits (Dan. 11:32). Those close to David didn’t embrace the anointing on David’s life. As it was in David’s life, there are people who have known you in the old season. Some of them will try to keep you in an old place. They want you to do the same things you did in the old season. They enjoy your company. However, there is a problem ­--they don’t want to go where you are going.

After David received his first anointing, he came face to face with the giant Goliath. The enemy loves to challenge the new anointing in your life. He doesn’t want you to move forward. However, war was not new to David. He had defeated the lion and the bear during the old season. Now he faced the enemy that was resisting David’s destiny. An incredible courage rose up in David as he asked the question, “Is there not a cause?” (1Sam. 17:29).

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THOSE IN THE NEW DAVIDIC COMPANY MUST BE FREE FROM FEAR AND SELFISH INTERESTS

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David was not in the battle for his own benefit. He realized there was a cause at stake­-- the advancement of God’s Kingdom in the earth. Those who will be part of the Davidic Company God is raising up in this hour must be free from fears and selfish interests. It is a time when fears must be replaced with great courage! During this time, we must deal with insecurities, intimidation, limitations, and jealous spirits. All of these are designed to keep this Davidic Company from God’s destiny.

After David’s first anointing, he ended up in a place where the seed of his destiny came to death. "So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him (1 Sam. 22:1)." Adullam was a place of darkness, obscurity and confusion. God’s future generals often find themselves in obscure places. However, in the dark place of Adullam, David found a place of prayer. As the seed of destiny dies, we learn that God is our only hope. In our times of weakness, the Lord becomes our strength (1 Cor. 12:9).

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THE BODY OF CHRIST IN A TIME TO KNOW WHOSE HEARTS ARE KNITTED TO OUR HEARTS

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During David’s hour of unpopularity, he discovered who the people were that would stand with him. Real friends are committed to you in the good times and the hard times. Only those who have true heart connections will stand with you in difficult days. The Body of Christ is in a time when we will know those whose hearts are knitted to our hearts.

God gathered around David those who were discontented, discouraged, and those in debt (1 Sam. 22:2). From a small number of unlikely people, God brought forth from the cave a powerful army of 340,000 recruits! The hidden place became a place of multiplication. Today, God is assembling His army. God’s Army is made up of those generals who have been in a hidden place in the last season. Their hearts have been knitted together to see King Jesus exalted in the earth. They have come forth with the anointing at Judah. David received his second anointing at Judah. Judah means praise. Praise will be a key to victory this year.

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THAT WHICH SEEMED DEAD IS COMING FORTH IN RESURRECTION LIFE

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The seed of destiny in these lives that seemed dead is coming forth now in resurrection life and power! David received his third anointing at Hebron. Hebron was a place of alliance. It was the place of making commitments, entering relationships and cutting covenants. As a result of these alliances, David and his army was able to take back ground the enemy had stolen. They were able to declare that God is God of the Breakthrough. So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim (2 Sam. 5:20).

God is gathering a powerful group of people in these days. Lives are joining together in covenantal relationships. Ministries are aligned to see the Kingdom of God advance throughout the earth. Many of the ministries have been in Adullam in the past season. However, they are being properly aligned so the seed of destiny in them is released to accomplish great Kingdom exploits.

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AN ALLIANCE OF POWERFUL VISIONARY MINISTRIES IS EMERGING

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Destiny has a time for fulfillment. Great courage will be needed as we embrace our destiny. These are days when we will see new enemies. Old war strategies and independent spirits will not be able to stand against these enemies. A synergistic alliance of powerful visionary ministries is emerging as a Davidic Army for the new season. They are anointed for powerful breakthroughs in cities, territories and nations.

Their testimony proclaims that “Jesus is God of the Breakthrough!”

-- Barbara Wentroble