GETTING TO THE BREAKTHROUGH

“So David and his troops went up to Baal-Perazim and defeated the Philistines there. ‘God did it!’ David exclaimed, ‘He used me to burst through my enemies like a raging flood!’ So they named that place Baal-Perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).” 1 Chronicles 14:11 NLT


Breakthrough is awesome when breakthrough comes. However, the time between beginning to pray for it and when it happens is not for the faint of heart. What happens when it takes months or years? What happens when I don't see it at all? How long do I pray? Do I ever just give up? Do I finally say, "maybe it's just God's will that this doesn't happen?” Many times God wants to move, but I am at the mercy of my own limited time, other people's will, a lack of patience, my own will that gives up, or letting my own desire to reach the breakthrough move me into a place where I move without the Lord's blessing. All of these examples are scattered throughout scripture. Just a few examples- the Children of Israel wandering in the desert for 40 years, the waiting for a Messiah that was prophesied about in the Old Testament as early as Genesis 3:15 when God was addressing Satan, Paul's appeal to God to remove the thorn from his flesh (where the Lord just said "My grace is sufficient"), and how about when Christ was crucified and the disciples didn't know what they should do? They all returned back to the familiar things they did before they met Christ. Their breakthrough didn't really come until the day of Pentecost. One of the most glaring examples is Judas. In his impatience for Jesus to take the throne (which he thought was earthly), he gave Jesus up in hopes that His hand would be forced and He would take the throne. Talk about trying to move without the Lord's blessing. Look at how that turned out. Eternal death at his own hand. Breakthrough is a combination of knowing God's will, waiting, praying, believing, trusting, remaining faithful and a continual aligning of self to the will of God. Breakthrough isn't easy, but it is life altering. From beginning to end it’s a process that not only brings about the breakthrough but transforms faith. It becomes the testimony in our lives. It becomes the footing for the next breakthrough season.