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Anyone in the kingdom who is called to any position will
go through the battle. It says to take the
Scriptures as an example. And when King David was
called to his position in the Body he was anointed by the
highest prophet in the land, he had all the fanfare, he
had the favor of the King, everything was sunshine and
roses and then all of a sudden it turned.
The battle came and he ran for his life, and he ran, and
he ran, and he ran. And he ended up in the
Philistine camp faking madness, working even living with
the enemy at times to survive. It was brutal; it was
rough; it was tough and at the end his own men wanted to
slaughter him, cut his head off and hang him on a pole.
Talk about trials; talk about tribulations before you come
into your kingship or your rulership. That is an Old
Testament pattern of development of leadership.
And I am putting upon every single person in the Body who
is called a battle must be fought. You will fight
through to your leadership, saith the Lord. But the
day will come when finally the trials, the tribulations,
and the battles come to a cease and Ziglag has appeared
and you will face your last obstacle before I coronate you
to your positions in the Body. But you will have been tested and proved and tried and
humbled by the hand of God before you ascend you
leadership in the Body. I will not put a novice in
who can be easily lifted up and then fall.
So know this, your trials are in my hands. Your
tribulations are in my hands. I kept David through it all;
I kept David through it all. Even when he was in the
enemy's camp and that correlates to when you feel Satan
all around you and the demons are screaming and they're
saying, "You're not going to survive; I'm going to do
this; I'm going to do that." And you go,
"God, where are you? God, where are you?"
I am watching over you. Behold, he who keepeth
Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. I am the Mighty One of
Israel and my hand and my eyes are upon you in the pit, in
the dungeon, or in the palace on the throne no matter
where you are I see you, saith the Lord.
So call on Me; call on Me. Fall down on the ground
and humble yourself, saith God, in the middle of your
trial. Fall on your face before God and say, "I
know not how to go in or come out without you, Lord.
If you don't hold my hand, I am destroyed.
You will learn who is boss. You will learn who is
the Lord. You will learn where your strength ends
and mine begins. I will bring you to the end of your
natural strength. I will bring you to the end of
your spiritual strength. You will learn that without
me you will perish. You will perish in this land and
you will find such a need for me and such a love for me
and such a brokenness before me.
And then, saith the Lord, when the bread is risen and is
ready, I will bring it out of the oven and I will serve it
to the Body. So until that time, hang on, saith God.
Stay in there; continue on; keep walking; keep talking.
Keep falling down before me and explaining your needs to
me.
And the day will come, saith God, the day will come, the
day will come. David didn't always go out to battle.
He went out to battle for years and years and years but
there came a day when I did coronate him. He put the
sword in the scaber and began to reign and others went to
battle for him. He sent the armies out and he
administrated and pontificated from the palace. The day
will come when you will sheath your sword, you will sit in
authority and others will go and fight.
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