The third and final battle on your journey to personal breakthrough is, The Battle of The Harvest. In this journey of personal triumph you have already determined your dreams are worth any price you must pay to fulfill them. You have also traded your ability to quit, to become a weapon in God’s hand. Both of these involved a result whose only affect was upon you. This third and final battle on the road to breakthrough will not be about you at all. John 15:13 gives us context to understand this battle, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

This third Mighty Man we find in 2 Samuel 23:11-12 reveals what we must face, “And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.” Shammah means “Astonishment”. He is a distant grandson of Esau. Shammah also means “ruin, or desolation”. Shammah is the spiritual picture is of a man who was a wreck in his natural self. Of course, that is why he is numbered with the Mighty Men in the first place. Shammah represents those of us who are always amazed that this whole “faith” thing actually works.

BIBLE HISTORY TELLS US THIS AREA WHERE WE FIND SHAMMAH WAS AN ENTIRE PLAIN OF HARVEST THAT SUPPORTED ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE REGION. IT WAS THE GENERATIONAL PROVISION FOR EVERYONE!

This battle is about your willingness to stand up for the generational provision of those dependent upon your calling, anointing and positioning. You must become the man of Ezekiel 22:30, “And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” The entire landscape will has become dependent upon you next decision. You have been strategically positioned in this setting for a battle in which the reward of victory has more weight than just an evening celebration for a day of victory. What you will do next carries generational weight. Your children will be affected by the actions you take now. Their children will suffer the consequence of fear or enjoy the prosperity of provision; depending upon your fortitude and tenacity in this moment. My friend the Philistines are upon us. The enemy has come to claim the harvest of your toil. Satan has been waiting to for you to plow the field; sow the seed; remove the weeds and tares; keep out the devourers; generate the fruit. Why is it that the greatest battle is always over the harvest? If the harvest doesn’t matter, why does Satan want it so badly? John 4:35 shows us the importance of this harvest, “Do you not say there are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!

There is an organized effort under way to steal the heritage and provision of your children. 2 Samuel 23 reveals, “And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils…” Your enemy, the Devil, has a militant structure arrayed in a show of force. The entire parade of horrible is to seduce you with fear. I can hear everyone telling you, “It’s just beans! It’s only a pea patch. It’s not worth dying over. Let the enemy have it!” But those people do not know what you have already defeated to stand here in the bean field! They can’t comprehend the personal price you have paid to be trusted with a generation blessing of provision. Tomorrow’s lack for your children, is today’s decision to let the enemy have your harvest. You have done the work. You have prayed the prayers. It was your desire that has made this region flourish. Your commitment to your position of authority and purpose has made this ground produce a bumper crop of blessing. Let me ask you again, “If it’s just beans, why is there an entire military division stationed here against you?” This third battle to your breakthrough is to answer the question, “Can you be trusted with the generational passage of God’s provision?”

Why does a spouse put twenty years into a marriage and then run away when their harvest is being fought? What makes a Pastor plant seeds, pull weeds, water the field with his own tears, and then flee adversity at the point of harvest? This picture is seen in 2 Samuel 23, “…and the people fled from the Philistines. But he (Shammah) stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines…” This is the moment of your destiny. You were called to do one thing-Stand up to the enemy! Esther realized it when she said, “For such a time as this I have come to the Kingdom.” Notice where Shammah positions himself, “…in the midst of the ground…” He goes to the middle of the field. You have to get off the sidelines this time! You must find the middle of the ground and get there now! You must make the enemy come to the heart of the matter in this third battle on your personal journey to breakthrough! No more skirmishes on the outer edges of commitment! Get deep enough in this field so that you can’t get out when the enemy comes in like a flood! What you will find is, “The Lord will raise up a standard against him!”

There is one final fertilization for this field of beans that was going to settle the generational passage of God’s provision once and for all. This ground was going to have one final watering from the blood of the enemy to break the generational robbery of provision that had been transpiring at every seasonal harvest. As you stand your ground in this harvest season, the blood of your enemies will run down the rows of this harvest field to break the spirit of poverty and lack off of the descendents God has placed in your charge. It is not just beans; it is the prosperity of generation to come who will glorify God and sing of His provision from generation to generation.

You will receive a fulfillment from the victory of this third and final battle that will have no equal in your life. For now you have reached a place where your personal needs have become subconsciously unnecessary. You have crossed from the self-serving life you lives into a selfless sacrifice of personal will for the good of those God has entrusted to you. You have finally come to understand the weight of the generation blessing you have been chosen to bestow. Now you will understand Proverbs 17:6, “Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.” You have conqueror the Philistines. More importantly, you have defeated you own pride and arrogance to serve the greater good of generations to come.
The three battles to breakthrough; The Battle of Dreams; The Battle of Covenant; and The Battle of Harvest, all have to do gaining the strength and faith to fulfill the desire of our King! YOU HAVE FOUGHT THE THREE BATTLES TO BREAKTHROUGH! NOW IT IS TIME FOR BREAKTHROUGH!