Discouragement and
disappointments are common in life. It’s easy to settle down and accept life
the way it is. Not much is required if we want to live a no-significant,
mediocre life. However, God wants us to live breakthrough minded.
When we’re going
through a down time – a sickness, legal battle, troubled relationship or
joblessness, it’s easy to think, “There’s
nothing happening for me.” God feels like a million miles away and our
circumstances seem to suck the life out of us. Today, I want to encourage you
to live breakthrough minded. Expect
something to change so drastically that it will impact your whole life.
Once, King David
was facing a monumental battle with the Philistine army. They were greatly
outnumbered and the odds were high against them. David prayed and asked God to
give them victory in an impossible situation. As David and his men went out to fight
a huge army, God gave them victory. Later he described, “God has broken through to my enemies like the bursting forth of water.”
When they left, David named that place Baal-Perazim,
which means, “God of the breakthrough.”
I’ve had many Baal-Perazim experiences in my life. My
mother died when I was one year old. When two ladies adopted my brothers and I
and took us to an orphanage, it was a Baal-Perazim
moment for me. When I got accepted to attend one of the most prestigious
colleges, it was a breakthrough moment. When
God called me to the nations which have developed into an international
ministry, it was a Baal-Perazim moment for me.
However, life
doesn’t always go as smooth as we want. Our
negative experiences can eclipse our positive encounters with God. Today
you may be sitting in a dry spell of your life. You’re still without a job. The
house is not selling. No prince charming has come into your life and your bills
keep stacking up. Your child is acting up and the sickness is still limiting
your life. What to do when nothing seems
to be working?
When you feel overwhelmed with
problems, lack and difficult circumstances, remind yourself that our Lord is
the God of the breakthrough. Like the bursting forth of water or a tsunami, God will
sweep every struggle away from you. His flood of blessing will invade your
marriage, family, finances, peace and health. His flood of favor will bring you
multiple job offers. You will marry the person of your dream. Your children
will be mighty in the land. God will put resources in your hand to evangelize
the world. You’ll go from barely get by to having more than enough.
Friend, if we need
to receive God’s breakthrough, we have to have to live breakthrough-minded.
That means you wake up every day expecting God’s goodness to overtake your
life. Instead of singing the blues, sing God’s praises for the coming miracles.
We have to put on an attitude as if the victory is already here. That is called
faith. Faith is to celebrate God’s power to change our current situation while
we’re still in that situation. When we’re breakthrough-minded, we’re giving our
best to every person we meet and our work. We’re looking our best because you
may meet the person of your dream. You’re making plans to serve because God is
going to heal your sick body. When God opens the floodgates, it will wash away your
sorrow and bring about a new spring in your lives. Are you getting excited? Do
you see yourself ready to leave Mediocreville and move into God’s Garden of
Eden where there is peace, provision and tranquility? Friend, I believe with
all my heart, this is your day! I declare: A breakthrough is coming. When it
happens, it will change everything in your favor. Get ready and prepare for the
flood of God’s goodness to overtake you. I love you and I’m praying for you!
“As of right now, I’m making a covenant with you: In full
sight of your people I will work wonders that have never been created in all
the Earth, in any nation. Then all the people with whom you’re living will see
how tremendous God’s
work is, the work I’ll do for you” (Exodus 34:10 The Message).
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