WHAT ANOINTING IS DOING, ANNOYANCE CAN’T STOP.
THE TOP IS THE PLACE FOR GOD’S OWN PEOPLE.
YOUR PLACE IS AT THE TOP; REFUSE ANY OTHER PLACE BUT THE TOP!
EXCELLENCE IS MORE EVANGELISTIC THAN UTTERANCE.
GOD HAS NO OTHER PLACE IN MIND FOR HIS PEOPLE, EXCEPT THE VERY TOP IN EXCELLENCE, AUTHORITY AND VARIOUS ENDEAVOURS OF LIFE.
Pastor Paul Enenche on ‘EXISTENCE AT THE TOP’
First Service, Dunamis International Gospel Centre.
Father, thank You; Adonai, thank You, Elyon we worship You. Thank You for this climate of Your presence, thank You for this climate of revival, thank You because not one person will leave here the same way they have come.
- Receive the visitation of His power and of His touch on Your life now!
- That left-sided migraine returns back to hell right now!
- Every grave they dug for you, be filled with those who dug that grave!
- I declare a new season, I declare a new help. For upon Mount Zion, there shall be deliverance and there shall be holiness and the sons of Jacob shall possesses their possession!
I thank You Lord because someone is going into a new level of strength. Be glorified Lord, in Jesus precious name.
Deuteronomy 28:1-2
The subject this morning is; ‘EXISTENCE AT THE TOP’
Our objective is;
1). Understanding what it means to exist at the top place of life.
2). Understanding the purpose of existence at the top.
The scriptures made it abundantly clear that, the top is the place for God’s people – the very top. Church Gist. That is, God has no other place in mind for His people, except the very top in excellence, in authority and in various realms and endeavours of life. The question is; what does it mean to exist at the top?
1). It means to be outstanding and exceptional in one’s field of endeavour or assignment. That is, you stand out in what you do (Genesis 41:39-40, 1 Samuel 16:18). In your field of endeavour; in construction, when people see your structures, they stand out. In architecture, when they see your handwork, it stands out. In music, it stands out. In interior design, it stands out. In the practice of medicine, it is absolutely outstanding; you are the outstanding neurosurgeon, the outstanding cardiothoracic surgeon – that is the place God has for His people.
- I speak to someone here today, you shall stand out after this moment!
2). It means existing as a leader who influences multitudes positivity in your field of endeavour or assignment. Church Gist. That is, when they call the leaders in the field, they call you; those who shape policies, who form policies; those whose opinions matter in that field – they call you (Judges 7:17, 1 Samuel 18:7).
In your field, you are the reference that the younger ones want to attain to; “I want to be a neurosurgeon like Dr. Benjamin Carson, I want to be a property developer like so and so.” You are leader at the front and that is what God has made the Church to be in all fields of human endeavour; in science, Michael Faraday, Isaac Newton – right at the forefront. That is what God has made the Church to be. In the days of Abraham, he was the leader in Agriculture; Abraham set up the ranching system. In the days of Isaac – irrigation farming. In the days of Jacob, the technology of genetic engineering started, I believe with him. They were all leaders in the field; in commerce and production. In the days of Job, he was right in front, he was the greatest of the men of the East. That is the plan and the purpose of God for His people.
I want every trace of mediocrity to die from your head, I want every trace of inferior existence to die from your head, I want every stamp of low self-esteem to die out of your head.
- I prophesy to someone here today; in the name of Jesus, the place God has for you at the top, you shall take that place!
Lift your right hand and say;
“In the name of Jesus, God has a place for me at the top and I am taking my place and no devil can stop me from taking my place.”
What is the purpose of existence at the top? Why does God want me to be at the top? Is it so that I can brag and show what I can become or anything? I’ll give you three reasons, why God wants us at the top:
1). To represent God/to represent the authority and the excellence of our God to our generation. God wants us to be up, so we can represent the authority and the excellence of our God to our generation (Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8:3-9). People can’t see God, but they can see you. Church Gist. When they see you, they are meant to be reminded of how God looks like in dignity, authority, excellence, performance, influence and realm of operations; they are meant to be reminded of how God looks like. You are the visible representative of the Invisible God; the physical personality of the Invisible Personality they can’t see. There’s something about you that will make them know how your Father looks like.
Many years ago, we travelled to Benue State, this will like 15-20 years ago, my little baby was a baby growing up and down and one of my friends, we grew up together, he looked at me and he said, “this is, he called my local name; this baby running up and down, this is Idoko’s child.” I said yes, she’s my daughter. He didn’t even know, he just saw semblance, something in the baby just reminded him of his age mate appearance and look. Church Gist. Somebody said to me many years ago; “you preach like your father.” I said, “Ha, does my father preach?” He said, “you didn’t know? 1947 to the 50s, he used to do Morning Cry in the village.” I went and asked my father at home; “do you preach?” He said, “Haba, we are the ones who have original fire.” He said he can preach on empty stomach for seven days, no food, in those days in the village. I didn’t know, I wasn’t there but something inside me reminded somebody of my father. He said, my father, on Christmas Eve, from night till morning in the village. That is how it is in the realm of the Spirit.
Something about you should remind people of your God. God is up, you are not meant to be down. He is the Most High, you are not permitted to be the most low. He is on the top of His game; you are not permitted to be under in your game. They are reminded of the authority, audacity; there’s something about you that is not common, that is not earthly; there’s something about you that is celestial, that is Heavenly, superior; they can’t trace any trace of inferiority around you at all. That is what makes some people angry with us, because you have such a God, such an audacity and authority; you don’t feel inferior, you can’t be intimidated, nobody looks down on you, you talk with force and authority, so they are wondering; what kind of person is this?
If you are moving about apologizing; “I am very sorry, did I offend you?” Just moving like chicken that rain beat, then they will be very happy with you. But if you move with chest out and you say, “I can’t beg, I can’t borrow.”
Response: What kind of person is this? In this economy, who do you think you are?
- I see something happening to somebody here!
Let me warn you ahead of time; on your way up, be very ready for jealous people; envy, jealousy, hatred and bitterness. If you are on the floor, they leave you alone. If you are in the pit, you are their friend. If you are not doing anything significant with your life, you are a good person. Church Gist. But if you are ever doing anything significant with your life, enemies will become friends for your sake. They will just be united for your sake. But what anointing is doing, annoyance can’t stop.
- Your place is at the top; refuse any other place but the top!
- I prophesy to you today, the place that God has given you at the top, you shall occupy that place. No devil shall take you down from there!
God wants us to represent the authority and the excellence of our God to our generation. They look at you; you remind them of what it means to serve God, what it means to live for God, what it means to have the nature of God in your life, what it means to be the offspring of the Lion of the tribe of Judah, what it means to be the child of the Most High, the all-wise God, the One who owns the silver and the gold.
2). To administer and govern earthly systems and institutions with Kingdom principles; to show the world, how Heaven does things, how the King of kings does His things. In so doing, we are saturating the earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
When an unbeliever or a sinner is in place, he does the things the way his unbeliever’s mindset and the devil, his father directs him to do. But when a child of God is in a place, over a place; he will govern that place, administer that place according to Kingdom principles. Church Gist. We saw that in the life of Joseph in Egypt and in Daniel 3:29-30, Daniel 6:1-3. There was a Spirit in Daniel that made him to do things differently, Kingdom way and Kingdom style and because of that Spirit that was in Daniel, they set him over the whole realm.
So, God wants us to teach the world integrity, for example in the workplace, to teach the world principles of honesty, principles of truthfulness, faithfulness, productivity, promptness of duty and several things. That is, by being over the systems, you are preaching the Gospel with what you do without saying anything with your mouth; to administer and govern the systems of the earth with Kingdom principles. Church Gist. People will watch you for a while and they say, you do things very differently. There’s a way you do things; who are you? Where are you from? Then, you will be able to introduce yourself to them.
Who are you? Where are you from?
There’s a way you look, there’s a way you talk, there’s a way you move, there’s a way you carry out your things, there’s even a spirit behind what you do; there’s a calmness, there’s a climate you carry and by the time they are able to see that, then the systems can be influenced.
- God is about to give somebody an opportunity that will show the world how to do things!
Somebody brought his staff to the Church here and he asked me to pray for them. The staff, oil and gas, hospitality and so on; they are into a couple of things. After praying for them, he said to me, anybody in this organization who does not know career and workplace wisdom, cannot work in our office. The little book that I wrote on career and workplace wisdom, you know what he did? He said, you all, what is wisdom one? They recited it. Wisdom two? They recited it. Wisdom three, wisdom four… They recited it verbatim. He said, they have to recite it every morning.
Business moves from hundreds of millions to billions. One of our officers here, a member of the Ushering Unit here, she’s a high player in her office by applying principles of the Kingdom in the office. If they want to give an account from a hundred million and above, they look for her; “administer that account for us.” She said by the operation of that wisdom, winning international awards, global! That’s what God wants us to do; to show the world how to do it, to administer systems with Kingdom principles.
- There are people seated here today, I announce to you, in the name that is above every name, Jesus Christ the resurrected Lord, very, very shortly, you will become the answer to the problems in your organization, community and family!
3). To literally attract people to our Maker by the display of excellence, outstanding performance and frontline existence. That is, you display so much essence, you are so outstanding in your performance, you are at the forefront in existence and they know that you are a Christian. Everybody is attracted to excellence and quality carries its own publicity (Matthew 5:14, Isaiah 61:9).
Excellence is more evangelistic than utterance. There are people who will follow you to Church because of how you look. There are people who will follow you to church because of what you do, because of the results you produce. Who is attracted to mediocrity? Nobody, except other mediocre. You are always failing in class, always doing the assignment in the office upside down and then you are giving them handbills to follow you to church; “to follow you to which church, so I can become like you? No!” Church Gist. But when you are outstanding, one of our classmates in the University in those days, he’s now a big man, a director. He said, one reason why he read with my group; myself and two other brothers who are Christians; one reason why he read with us was that, he was sure that if he read with us, he’ll pass. He had already failed and repeated one class and met us in the class, but he studied around with us because he said, he was sure that if he read with us, he will pass and he passed. Our final MBA, medicine and surgery final, all the questions we revised, we went into the hall and saw them. That is, without preaching, there are people who are attracted to you. That is why you must make up your mind that you will not be a mediocre.
Lift up your right hand and say;
“In the name of Jesus, the top is my place and I must take that place at the top. No devil can stop me!”
This is my conclusion and counsel:
1). Realise that excellence is a department of godliness. Godliness means, God-likeness. Being at the top makes you look like God; it is a department of godliness. Church Gist. To strive to be like God is to exist at the top. If you are going to be like your Father, you are meant to be at the top in every realm of life.
Listen, you shall be the head and not the tail, above only and never beneath; it is unlike God to be the tail and not the head and to be beneath and not above – it is unlike God (Deuteronomy 28:1-2). If you are becoming like God, you are to be propelled to the top spiritually, financially, in your career, in ever realm.
2). Realise that excellence offers you more evangelistic and discipleship opportunities than any other kind of existence. That is, when you are on top, the platform has been given to you, to effortlessly evangelize and disciple the people under you (Job 29:21-23). You are a driver in the office, you are a supervisor and your MD/CEO said, “coming Sunday, I have thanksgiving in my church. Would you like to come with me?” Is that how he will ask you?
“Next Sunday, I’m having thanksgiving in my church and I’m inviting you all to come with me.” “I have another thing to do somewhere.”
Response: it’s okay, go ahead and do it.
But it is on record that MD has a program and you didn’t attend. I may not take it personal with you now, but it is on record.
It is easier for the boss to say, “my domestic staff, come with me to church” than for the domestic staff to say, “Oga, follow me to church.”
- God will make you the Oga and if you are a woman, the Oga madam!
I don’t know what you feel, but for me, I have rejected the pit existence, the ground level for life, forever. There are some letters our people write at times for one thing or the other, maybe official things and I’ll say, don’t write the letter like that. This is too beggarly, change it. Not knowing who you are is not humility; it is stupidity (I’m sorry). Church Gist. That is, this is where God placed you and you placed yourself down there. It is not humility. I am not saying that we should be proud or arrogant, that is another extreme, where you can’t greet and respect people; that’s another extreme. No, we are respectful but we know who we are. Inside that respect, we have dignity, so there’s a balance.
Thank God for the Word you heard this morning.
PRAYER:
Zechariah 1:19-20
- Every horn of the Gentiles fighting your life and destiny from arising in prominence shall be scattered by the carpenters of God!
- Father, in the name of Jesus, I ask for the release of the carpenters of God against every horn of the gentiles that is risen to scatter my life and bow down my head and my life in the name of Jesus. Oh you carpenters, arise and scatter these horns now in the name of Jesus.
Leviticus 26:13
- Before the next seven days, you will have a testimony to tell from this prayer!
- Father, I ask that You break every yoke that has bent my life and my progress; Father, You brought me out of Egypt, I ask that You will break every yoke of limitation on my life today in the name of Jesus. Oh you yoke of limitation on my life and destiny, break, scatter now.
Psalm 2:1-5
- Father, every conspiracy against my life, scatter them. Every conspiracy against the Church in Nigeria; every conspiracy against this particular church, every conspiracy against your life and family, wherever it came from, we demand that it be scattered!
Lord, arise and show that You are God in Nigeria.
Psalm 2:8
- Father, we ask for this Nation, take this Nation for Yourself from the hands of the wicked and the hands of the enemy.
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