READ: 1
TIMOTHY 6:11-12
“But our God is in
heaven; He does whatever He pleases.” (Psalm 115:3). Breakthroughs do not just come
on their own: they are provoked. If you sit there without doing anything about
that siege, it will continue. It will not change automatically, as some people
think. That curse in the family will not just go away on its own. This is
because certain forces of darkness – demons and agents of darkness, who may
have been used to bring about the siege, have the responsibility of ensuring
that the situation never improves, but rather worsens.
There are certain steps you can take to obtain your breakthrough. The first is to be chosen by God. If you are born again, you are chosen by God. Before Naaman, the leprous captain of the Syrian Army, had his breakthrough, he had to be cleansed. His sins were forgiven and then he revived his healing. Sin is the root cause of sickness and some of the other afflictions we suffer today. Before Jesus could heal people, he had to forgive their sins first, and then warn them never to return to those sins or else something worse would befall them. Be genuinely saved today.
The second step is to obey whatever instruction God gives you, whether it appears rational or not. A leper came to a prophet, who said to go to a small pool and dip in seven times and the leprosy would go. That does not sound scientific. Peter was told to throw his nets for a catch in the daytime. That was not the right time to fish. But if the God of breakthroughs tells you to do so, then you can be sure that wherever the fishes have gone to, they will be pulled by a force greater than themselves into the region of the net. Obedience is the key to breakthrough.
At the marriage in Cana, when the wine was exhausted, Mary came to Jesus’ disciples, pre-empting the move of God to turn lack in to abundance. She told them, ‘Whatever he says to you please do it.’ It sounded foolish to fill up with gallons of water and then fetch some for the chairman of the feast. Imagine the fear of the servant who held the cup. But if that instruction come from the God of breakthroughs, you had better carry it out. Are you born again? Have you received an instruction from the Lord? Have you obeyed it?
There are certain steps you can take to obtain your breakthrough. The first is to be chosen by God. If you are born again, you are chosen by God. Before Naaman, the leprous captain of the Syrian Army, had his breakthrough, he had to be cleansed. His sins were forgiven and then he revived his healing. Sin is the root cause of sickness and some of the other afflictions we suffer today. Before Jesus could heal people, he had to forgive their sins first, and then warn them never to return to those sins or else something worse would befall them. Be genuinely saved today.
The second step is to obey whatever instruction God gives you, whether it appears rational or not. A leper came to a prophet, who said to go to a small pool and dip in seven times and the leprosy would go. That does not sound scientific. Peter was told to throw his nets for a catch in the daytime. That was not the right time to fish. But if the God of breakthroughs tells you to do so, then you can be sure that wherever the fishes have gone to, they will be pulled by a force greater than themselves into the region of the net. Obedience is the key to breakthrough.
At the marriage in Cana, when the wine was exhausted, Mary came to Jesus’ disciples, pre-empting the move of God to turn lack in to abundance. She told them, ‘Whatever he says to you please do it.’ It sounded foolish to fill up with gallons of water and then fetch some for the chairman of the feast. Imagine the fear of the servant who held the cup. But if that instruction come from the God of breakthroughs, you had better carry it out. Are you born again? Have you received an instruction from the Lord? Have you obeyed it?
MEMORIZE:
PSALM 115:3 –But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
