YOUR BREAKTHROUGH TIME HAS COME
Understanding The Process
Opening Scripture:Hebrews 1:1-3 NIV “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”
Definition of breakthrough: The act, result, or place of breaking through against resistance, as in warfare. This means there is a hindrance to overcome. God wants to change us. He wants to break us free.
- God wants to bring you into your breakthrough on a personal level.
- God wants to bring your church into a breakthrough on a corporate level.
1. God has a process for breakthrough: Promise, Problem, Principle, Purpose, Provision.
Mark 4:35-41 NLT “As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.”36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). 37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!”Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”
A. The promise – let us cross over to the other side
B. The problem – the storm arose
C. The principle – To believe the promise more than the problem.
D. The purpose – To teach them nothing can remove them from their destiny.
E. The provision – The storm stopped, and the boat was immediately at the other side.
2. Another Example: The Promised Land.
A. What was the promise? A land flowing with milk and honey.
B. What was the problem? There were giants in the land and walled cities
C. What was the principle? To believe God rather than your circumstances
D. Those that applied the wrong principle died in the wilderness.
E. What was the purpose? To learn obedience
F. What was the provision? To inherit all that God had for them
3. DON’T CAST AWAY YOUR CONFIDENCE!
Hebrews 10:35 AMP “Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.”
A. Patience is a bridge you are building between the will of God today and the promise you are reaching for in the future.
B. If you are not doing the will of God on this side, you will not receive the promise on the other.
C. Today’s obedience positions you for breakthrough tomorrow.
D. The quickest way to lose out is run out of patience during the process. This blurs our focus and gives us a fragmented vision.
4. What you focus on you will determine your breakthrough.
Remember that God has a Process in everything, and keep your eyes on His Promises, as He takes you through the Problem, Principle, and Purpose, and you will reach your Provision.
Hebrews 11:13 AMP “These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of [God’s] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents and exiles upon the earth.”
George W Black
