June 19                                         Acts 21 - 23

STEPPING INTO BREAKTHROUGH

MEMORISE: ‘And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.’ (Luke 5:5)
READ: Mark 10: 46-52

To obtain your breakthrough, you have to do something. Breakthrough are not designed for lazy, idle and nonchalant people. They are meant for those who are agile, trusting and ready to take necessary action to trigger off their desire. After God instructed Abraham to go, he packed his belongings and left immediately. God told Sarah she would have a child. She laughed, considering her age, yet she yielded to her husband and nine months later, Isaac was born. After Hannah asked God for a child at Shiloh and the man of God prayed for her, she believed him and from that moment onwards, she was no longer sad. Nine months later, she gave birth to Samuel.

You desire a breakthrough in your life: what have you done about it? You say, ‘I have prayed.’ What kind of prayer have you prayed? In our reading, Bartimaeus was blind for many years but was not unhappy. After all he was able to access money through begging. He had initially resigned himself to fate, saying it was God’s wish he should be blind. I disagree! It is not God’s will for you to remain in poverty, sickness, barrenness, failure, oppression and the manipulative control of witches and wizards. You have to change you midset (Rom 12: 1-2).

One day Bartimaeus became tired of his blind state and of begging. He thought of the honour he could have as a seeing man. Then he began to rebel. Until you rebel against poverty, do not expect to be rich. The situation will not change until your whole being revolts against the negative state you are in. once he has you trapped, Satan does not like to open the gates for your release – you must revolt and break them open by force (Isa 14: 17).

Bartimaeus began to listen to news of Jesus and all the things he had done for so many and his faith began to grow. Then one day, as he sat begging on the street, he heard a noise from a crowd. On inquiring, he discovered that Jesus was passing that way. Oh boy! That man shouted! He cried out so desperately and loudly that in spite of the racket, Jesus heard him. You can pray to God with such vehemence and desperation that the God of breakthroughs has no option but to answer you.

ACTION POINT
What steps have you taken to achieve your desired breakthrough?
If the result is undesirable, reconsider your action plan.