Monday, March 20, 2006

God of our breakthrough

Like the bursting forth of waters is what Chronicles described the breakthrough of God!
1 Chronicles 14:11

Imagine that for just a minute, water gushing through and through, unstoppable, uncontainable, out of control like a dam that has just openned up...now imagine that water covering the earth!
The breakthrough of the Lord covering the earth.

The dam remains closed because people do not pray enough to push that dam down.The Lords breakthrough is being kept behind a wall because his people do not persist in prayer, in interceeding, in passionately pursuing his kingdom first!

I am one of those people.With his pleasure deeply rooted within my heart, i still find things to hider my focus on his purpose. I start to look to the left and to the right and worry about the looks of my situation. I forget to stop everything and rest in his presence!I start to see mysefl as this world sees me, imperfect, crap, hopeless and weak.

It has dawned on me that i dont pray enough at all for my loved ones and for my breakthrough.I pray with such desperation and passion when i do, yet i am inconsistent and i sometimes have this insane thought running round in my head "the Lord knows what my heart desires, so its all good" for a long time i was caught up in the surrenderring to the Lord and leaving it there without much persistence.
The Lord says in Isaiah "do not let me rest until I have restored Israel" so i rememeber the surrender but forget to remind him. I neglect persistence, consistency, habitual prayer!!

With all th crap going on in my family, i ought to starighten up and kick this devil out in a whisper, yet i tend to neglect my most important contribution to one persons salvation..
PRAYER, PRAYER, PRAYER!!!!!!!

when crap finds me, i sit and ask the Lord "why does this not go away Lord?" and his answer to me, after much questioning and prayer time??
"You are not taking authority over it" taking authority is not waiting for trouble to hit, its standing against it so it will not hit.

I allow it to creep in when im not looking, i allow it to creep in when im too busy, too tired, too relaxed, too worried, too anxious...and it was revealed to me that as a servant of the most high God, i must be awake at ALL times. (not literally as i would prefer)

our God is a God of the ALL concept, not the sometimes, most times, some people, most people..its either ALL or NOTHING with our God!!!

I must pray at ALL times!!! Keep guard for the devil lurks around like a hungry lion ready to devour anyone...so why do i cry out to the Lord when conflict occurs in my life? when my loved ones seem far away when i expect them to be closer to him by now...

i see a thunderstorm upon us...and for a second i worry and freeze in fear of what is coming....but the Lord is a loving God, instead of letting me dwell in my troubles he lifts me up, reminds me of what i am to do about this thunderstorm.The fact that I can see it, is his way of preparing me for what is to come.

Like Ester "I was born for a day such as this"

The scriptures he has been giving me is all about interceeding, praying fervently and never giving up on the promises of the Lord!
The fact is i just want to throw in the towel and say "youre on your own, im out" but the truth is
the Lord will never leave me nor forsake me,he has told me repeatedly to be strong be courageous for the battle belongs to the HIM.
The truth is, I am, ..and YOU are destined to overcome, to push through, to walk on water, to move mountains, to speak to Satan and have him tremble at your feet!! Thats a God promise.

"For i saw satan fall like lightning from heaven, BEHOLD..I have given you the authority to trample of snakes and scorpions, to overcome ALL the power of the enemy, NOTHING shall harm you" (luke 10:18)

Note : ALL and NOTHING - he didnt say somethings or most things!

Thats the TRUTH!! WE have the authority to cast down conflicts, thurderstorms, confusion, hurt and betrayal. and all sorts of attacks...we cant just sit and look at it, talk about it and sleep on it...we need to stand up against it and push Satan out, by filling our minds and hearts and mouths with the TRUTH of God..why?

because heres another truth "Today Salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.For the Son fo Man came to seek and to save what was lost"(Luke 19:9)

Our prayers are crucial to the salvation of our loved ones, and i for one have to remember this at ALL times.My persistence will see my breakthrough, my consistency will make a way in the darkness, my faithfulness will light the world I live in and therein fulfil my purpose in life"

I thank the Lord for his patience in dealing with me and i give him all the Glory that, he is not contemplating nor ever contemplated giving up on me as i have on him!!
Giving up on him meant giving up on the world i have a passionate desire to save, the world he gave his only son for and that is a much bigger sacrifice for him...who is he going to send?

Thank you Lord...thank you for loving this sinner, thank you for renewing your tender mercys for me every morning and making me stand on your truth!!
Thank you for YOU ARE THE GOD OF MY BREAKTHROUGH!!




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