As we enter into the promises God has for us we must be prepared for confrontation. There is no progress (natural or spiritual) without resistance. Some are satisfied with the status quo! Devil! Don’t bother me and I won’t bother you! Some churches are satisfied right where they are at, we haven’t gained any and we haven’t lost any!
God is never satisfied with the status quo! God is never satisfied with containment. God is never satisfied with simply suppressing the enemy. To suppress the enemy is not VICTORY! Victory is when the cross of Calvary and the blood of the lamb have destroyed the thing at the root.
Every one of us will come to a point in our lives where we face something that presents itself to us as a united, unbroken wall of opposition. The good news is our God is the God of the breakthrough! I believe to insure a needed breakthrough every believer needs to be reminded to do the following:
1. Rededicate yourself to God’s call, vision, purpose and plan for your life on a frequent basis. Life has a way of wearing us down, distracting us and moving our attention onto other things. Refocus, rededicate and redirect often.
2. Look up! Get your eyes off the obstacle. Look past the difficulty. Don’t let your focus be constantly on the challenge before you. Meditate on good things, blessings, relationships and of course the Lord and His goodness.
3. Align yourself with God! Sadly, many Christians are more in line with American Idol than they are with God! Jesus said, “where ever your treasure is, there you heart will be also”! So ask yourself, where is your heart? Make any needed corrections in alignment!
4. Worship! Worship creates the atmosphere for hearing Gods voice. Worship opens the eyes and the ears of the heart to hear God’s voice. Worship is the atmosphere for the birth of the miraculous. Frankly, it is very difficult for many Christians to hear God’s voice because of the many distractions in life. Television, radio, internet, facebook, cell phones (I could go on endlessly)! Something is going to have to be turned off if you want to hear God’s voice!
5. Obedience is key! God gives directions, not suggestions! God gives commandments, not ideas! Victory and breakthrough is totally reliant on obedience to God and walking out His word.
6. Watch your mouth. You don’t have to always say that which is on your mind. Just because something is on your mind, doesn’t mean you should speak it, nor does it mean any of the rest of us want to hear it! Col. 4:6 – Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7. Shout! There comes a time, when you know you have rededicated yourself to God’s plan, you have lifted your eyes to the Lord, you have purposed to walk out God’s word, you are person of worship and obedience and you have learned to control your tongue, it is then there is nothing left to do but SHOUT! Not because everything looks right or sounds great, but because God has said the breakthrough victory is yours. “this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith”. Praise is faith expressing itself audibly.
Go ahead and do it! I believing with you for a breakthrough victory today!
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