"Being a Positive in a Negative Part 6"

The moment God begins to move you into your dominant gift, that is the time when God will promote you through a enemy or a dilemma. Delemma's are the opportunities where your dominant gift can flourish. David could write songs, sing, play the harp but his dominant gift was he was a warrior. He was working a part time job for part time pay working for a demon possessed boss. In fact his job was to remove the demons out. He had to work a job he didn't like, deal with a boss who when he blessed him, Saul would throw spears at him. If you are going to step into your kingly anointing you are going to have to learn to duck when necessary. If they throw spears at you duck, if they lie on you duck, if they hate you duck? The powerful truth is David could do this job under these harsh conditions and do it well.

Before God will move you into your season of peace on every side, you will be tested in a hostile environment. David learned to develop his dominant gift in private (slingshot) when nobody was watching. What you do in secret God will reward openly (Mtt. 6:4). If you are faithful in secret God will reward you with open success. Some of you have a dominant gift nobody has seen yet, and the people around you don't know the real you. God is about to put you in an area where your dominant gift will emerge and people will not even recognize you.

You are moving and shifting into a place where you will face a Goliath. You must get the proper perspective on your enemy so that you will respond properly. Here are a couple of things you must know before you face your Goliath.

1) Any attack from an enemy is a clue that your enemy is fully persuaded you can achieve your goal.

* Hell is letting you know that what you don't see (future promise) it has already seen. The visible attack of the enemy reveals the invisible potential is about to be unleashed.
* If Hell was not confidant of your success it would have stopped its efforts.
* Goliath's defeat was planned long before David showed up, all he had to do was show up!

2) The attack always comes at the birthing of a new season.

* When Goliath shows up it is a sign that one season is ending and a new season is beginning.
* Those that run from their Goliath prolong their previous season and will face him again.
* Every battle is meant to be progressive (lion, bear, Goliath). Each victory leads to the next level.
* The purpose of the attack is to be so devastating that it blinds you to your next season.
* If the enemy can get you to believe that the attack is your allot in life, you will be blinded to the new season. God said, I will do a new thing... And will you not know it (Iss. 43:19). Many get stuck in a preparation season because they are blinded to the new.

If you do not understand there is a purpose on the other side of the attack, the battle will consume you. You must understand that I am only fighting this:

1) seasonally not eternally
2) It is an announcement that God is doing a new thing in my life.
3) It is a transition point and transition is not intended to be forever (Jesus in the wilderness 40 days, Israel in the wilderness for 40 years.
4) If you don't discern properly you will turn 40 days into 40 years.

Blessings,
Craig