BREAKTHROUGH OF WATER
2 Samuel 5:17-25

2 Samuel 5:17-19, “Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 19 So David inquired of the LORD, saying, ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?’ And the LORD said to David, ‘Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.’” Concerning David, the enemy was not at rest while David was at rest as he continued to wait on God. Resting on the Lord is waiting on Him by inquiring from Him on a regular basis and in every walk of life and the challenges of life. David, having waited on God, went to the ground of his battle. 2 Samuel 5:20, “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 breakthrough of water.’ Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.” God backing up His word for David was the breaking power over David’s enemy at Baal Perazim. For David, the Word worked because he was able to inquire. David always gave to God his attention and those who attend to God are the ones who get God’s attention over every situation. God is a jealous God and the antidote for jealousy is giving attention to Him. Establishing a custom of approaching God is a demonstration of consistency. David’s inquiring of the Lord in his battle against the Philistines identified David as not being presumptuous. As a believer, the grace of enablement to be consistent in inquiring from the Lord should be a great desire because when there is desire, God deposits desire. Just like David, Daniel’s victory over the plot to terminate him for not worshiping a false God was a result of his established custom. Daniel 6:10, “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.” Daniel overcame the plot because God acknowledged Daniel. David became victorious in his battle of Baal Perazim. In David’s victory, he testified that the Lord broke through his enemies before him like a breakthrough of water. Your battle of Baal Perazim will be won the same way like that of David if you will establish a custom approach to seeking God over every situation.

Prayer for today: I ask today O Lord my God; let every representative of enemy in my life encounter the power of God that will break them like a breakthrough of water.