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Mensa Otabil - Breakthrough


Mensa Otabil - Breakthrough
TOPICS: Word to Go, Breakthrough

Welcome to a brand new week, and this is day number 17 of our 40 days of power. If you’ve been praying with us, this is the 17th day, and I trust that you are feeling the strength of the Lord and the energy of the Holy Spirit lifting you up like an eagle. If you haven’t been praying with us, this is a good time to start as we still have some journey to go. Join us as we wait on the Lord and consecrate ourselves to Him in prayer and fasting. This week, we are focusing on the concept of breaking barriers; that is where our meditations will come from, our devotionals will come from, and that’s where our prayer will be focused. Throughout all our prayer places and all the prayer points we have for this week, we will be focusing on breaking barriers.

So today, we talk about breakthrough. Second Samuel chapter 5, verse 20: «So David went to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there, and he said, 'The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking through of water.' Therefore, he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.» Baal-perazim simply means «Lord of the breakthrough,» and that’s how David called the Lord after this battle with the Philistines. This was the first battle that David fought after he had been made king over Israel, after he had been anointed. The Philistines attacked him after he was anointed as king over Israel. The interesting thing is that for years, David had lived in Philistine territory after Saul started pursuing him, and while he lived in Philistine territory, rarely did the Philistines attack David. But the moment they heard he had been anointed king of Israel, they attacked him.

Blessing God’s anointing upon your life will attract attacks. When people get to know that God has favored you, God has anointed you, and God is going to do something great in your life, there will be attacks. Don’t be surprised in this time of prayer and consecration as you wait on the Lord that there will be attacks in your life, but you will break through the attacks. That’s what David teaches us: he was anointed, the attack came, and he broke through the attack. This particular attack was surprising because the Philistines arrayed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim, and David retreated into a stronghold, into a defensive position. So instead of attacking, he defended himself. Then he inquired of the Lord, asking, «Lord, should I really get involved in this battle?» The Lord said, «Yes, go ahead, and I will be with you.» «I will be with you,» and that was very important. «I’ll be with you; go ahead, and you’ll have the victory.»

So David went to meet the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim, and as his testimony says, God gave him the breakthrough. He broke through them like the breaking of water; in other words, he ran through the enemy defenses and routed them in a very short time. So David came out of that battle with the knowledge of God, with an understanding of God, and that understanding we can apply to our lives: yes, when God anoints us for something, the enemy will attack. The enemy may attack and put us in a defensive position, but if God sends us into the battle, He will not send us into the battle to suffer defeat. The Lord is the Lord of the breakthrough; no matter how formidable the enemy gathers against you, there is a breakthrough coming your way.

So in this battle, David discovered God as the Lord of the breakthrough. What does it mean when you say He is the Lord of the breakthrough? First, it means that He controls all aspects of the breakthrough process; everything that is required to bring you a breakthrough in a situation, God is the Lord of it; He controls it. Secondly, it means that He has plans for your breakthrough. God plans your breakthrough; He has a strategy for your breakthrough. You may not know how, you may not know when, but He has a strategy for your breakthrough because He is the Lord of the breakthrough. Thirdly, not only does He plan the breakthrough, but He executes the breakthrough; He brings it to pass. So God has the ability to plan the breakthrough and execute the breakthrough because He controls all the processes for your breakthrough. Why? He is the Lord of your breakthrough.

This week, may you experience the Lord of the breakthrough. May He bring you out from the defensive into the attack, and may He give you victory over every battle that is arrayed against you because of the anointing that is upon you. The Lord of the breakthrough will break through for you. Let us pray. Say with me: «Heavenly Father, you are the Lord of the breakthrough; let your power shatter every evil force around me.» In Jesus' name, amen and amen. We start the week well with the Lord of the breakthrough. I’m Pastor Mensa Otabil. Shalom, peace, and life to you.