God's Purpose Will Prevail

0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.160 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:06.320 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:09.000 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:11.719 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.840 for God's very best in your life. But God bless you. 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.599 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:19.959 you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:24.239 daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and you can come 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.639 visit us in person. We'd love to have you be 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.000 a part of one of our services. And I let 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:31.520 to start with something funny, and I heard about this 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:35.120 elderly woman. She came to church one Sunday morning and 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.640 a friendly usher met her at the back door and 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.199 asked where she wanted to sit. She said, I want 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:43.680 to sit on the very front row. He said, oh, no, ma'am, 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:46.479 you don't want to do that. Our pastor is very boring. 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.520 He'll put you to sleep. Let me seet you somewhere else. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.640 She looked appalled. She said, sir, do you know who 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.840 I am? He said, no, ma'am. She said, I am 0:00:55.840 --> 0:01:00.560 the pastor's mother. He hung his head in shame and imbarrassment. 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:02.920 He finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:06.000 who I am? She said no. He said, Thank God, 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.200 say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.840 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.319 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.200 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:22.319 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.679 heart is recepted. I will never be the same. In 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:30.039 Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:34.280 you today about breakthrough is coming. There are times that 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:38.800 God does things gradually through a process. You stay faithful 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.399 and keep doing the right thing, and you begin to 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:45.680 see improvement. A door opens, your health gets better. The 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:49.080 scripture says God brought the Israelites out little by little. 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:53.720 That's one way God works. But God also does things 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.920 suddenly where there's no sign of it. Nothing is improving. 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:01.680 Every thought tells you you're stuff. The obstacle's too big, 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.240 it's never going to work out. Then God steps in 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:09.240 and suddenly the door opens. Suddenly your health turns around, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.840 Suddenly that right person shows up, Suddenly you come out 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:16.079 of death. What was that a lucky break? Now that's 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.160 the God of the breakthrough showing out in your life. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.880 A breakthrough is a sudden burst of God's favor. It's 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:28.200 a flood of his goodness that thrusts you ahead before 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.320 where God is taking you, the dreams he's put in 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.239 your heart, the giants that will be in your path. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.880 It's not going to all be gradual and little by 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.480 little a process that you can see. He has some 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:45.360 of these breakthrough moments that you can't explain that will 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:49.480 catapult you into your destiny. Now, don't be discouraged by 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.880 what's not happening. You're doing the right thing and not 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.440 seeing any improvement. Working hard in your career but the 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.399 doors aren't opening. And praying for your child but he's 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.000 not doing bad her, and you feel this pressure and 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.680 this worry trying to weigh you down. But God knows 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.240 what's not working out. He sees you being your best 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:13.280 when things aren't fair. You feel overlooked. You've done all 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.240 you can, but the gine is still there. You haven't 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.880 even budged the obstacle. What you can't see is the 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:23.320 God of the breakthrough is about to show up. He's 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.320 already scheduled these moments where it's not going to be 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:30.280 a gradual turnaround, not gonna be little by little. It's 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.359 going to be a flood of his favor, a flood 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.680 of healing, a flood of finance, is a flood of peace. 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.360 Instead of being overwhelmed by the problem, you're going to 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.600 be overwhelmed by the goodness of God. He has the 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.920 final say. He has not brought you this far to 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.160 leave you. No matter how long it's been or how 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:53.320 impossible it looks. You have to know deep down in 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.400 your spirit the God of the Breakthrough is on the way. 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.880 Maybe you're dealing with an illness, nothing's getting better. Stay 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.880 in fame. The God of the Breakthrough is about to 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:08.080 breathe healing on your life. You're struggling in your finances, 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:11.000 can't seem to get ahead. The God of the Breakthrough 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.160 is about to shift things to where abundance finds you. 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.000 But that child had family members been off track. The 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.159 more you pray, the worse he gets. Their time is coming. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:24.920 The God of the Breakthrough is about to visit them. 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.919 He knows how to suddenly change things. This is what 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:32.640 happened with David first Chronicles, chapter fourteen. He had just 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:36.040 been anointed king over all of Israel. This was a 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.440 destiny moment. After years of being of the shepherd's fields, overlooked, 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:44.159 and being chased by King Saul and all this opposition, 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.200 he was finally stepping into the fullness of what God 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.960 promised him. I'm sure he was so grateful and excited, 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:55.280 a dream coming to pass. But before he could even celebrate, 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.440 before he could enjoy what God had done, the Philistines 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.200 rose up a against him and were about to attack. 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.840 This wasn't random timing. They didn't want him to take 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.040 this new position. They could have opposed him a year earlier, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.599 but they left him alone. Anytime you're about to step 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.400 into a new level, the enemy will attack. He doesn't 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.680 want you to fulfill your purpose. He's okay if you 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.400 stay where you are, but when you start to move 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:27.320 forward him take new ground, break out of limitations. Don't 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:32.200 be surprised if you face resistance. Some of the opposition 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:35.520 that's coming against you. You don't like it, but have 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.000 a new perspective. That's a sign you're about to step 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:44.599 into a greater level, greater favor, greater influence, greater opportunity. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.760 The enemy is not fighting you for where you are. 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.560 He's fighting you for where you're going. He knows you 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.440 were made in the image of Almighty God, that you 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:58.359 have seeds of greatness, that you're a burier, breaker, a 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:02.360 history maker. He wouldn't bother you if you weren't a threat, 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.680 if you didn't have something valuable, something to impact this world, 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:11.200 he'd leave you alone. The Philistines surrounded David in the 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:15.280 Valley of Rephium, that means the valley of Giants. He 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:20.320 was outnumbered. The opposition was bigger, stronger, they had more equipment. 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.839 Verse ten says David inquired of the Lord should I 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.960 go fight the Philistines? God, will you give me this victory? 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:33.560 David didn't just fight because there was opposition. He didn't 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:37.719 react emotionally. You're not gonna stop me. He asked God 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.720 what to do. He had this dependency on him. He 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.800 was putting God first place, saying, not my will, but 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.960 let your will be done. You're not supposed to fight 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.599 every battle. If you let your emotions rule and you 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.839 get upset, now I won't pay them back. That's not right. 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.119 Then you're doing it all in your own strength. There's 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.600 no grace for it. If you'll start inquiring of the 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.200 Lord God, what do you want me to do God, 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:08.039 I need your wisdom, your strength, your power. When you 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.880 show your dependency on God, he knows you're relying on him, 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.120 then he'll help you fight those battles. He'll empower you 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:19.200 to defeat the giants, to break addictions, and to overcome 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:23.080 what should have stopped you. Verse ten goes on to say, 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.080 the Lord said to David, yes, go ahead and fight, 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.720 for I will give you the victory. David went into 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.680 this battle with the blessing of God on his life. 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.560 When God says you'll be victorious, the opposition doesn't have 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.840 a chance. Nothing can stand against our God. David went 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:44.040 in with his men. All the odds are against him, 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:48.120 and they defeated this mighty army. David was so amazed 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.360 at what God had done. He said in the verse eleven, 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:55.640 God has broken through to my enemies like the bursting 0:07:55.720 --> 0:08:01.400 forth of waters. He named the place bow Parism Boalparism 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:06.520 means the God of the breakthrough. Daven liken this breakthrough 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.560 to the bursting forth of water. Water is one of 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.800 the most powerful forces. When there's flooding. You hear that phrase, 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.800 turn around, don't drown. It's because water can pick up 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.679 a two ton car and carry it away like it's nothing. 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:26.520 I've seen in a tsunami, water take houses off their 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.680 foundation and they're floating down the river a whole house. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:36.000 We've seen when a dam breaks that water washes out roadways, bridges, 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:40.800 bends the steel, moves anything in its path. David could 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:44.400 have used the analogy God has broken through like a fire, 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.120 like a hurricane, like a wind. That would have been impressive, 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.960 but he used water to show us how nothing can 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.320 stop it. You may have things that look immovable in 0:08:55.360 --> 0:09:00.360 your life today, a sickness, an addiction, trouble with the child. 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.120 It seems permanent. But when the God of the breakthrough 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.800 shows up, those things don't stand a chance. Like a 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:13.120 damn breaking, like a flood, God's power will move anything 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:17.800 in its path. Cancer can't stop it. Injustice can't stop it, 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:23.000 Depression can't stop it. Jealous people can't stop it, David said, 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.480 like the bursting forth of waters, not going to be 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:30.720 something gradual, not a trickle, not a stream, not a river, 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:34.440 but a flood of God's favor, a tidal wave of 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:38.720 his blessing, a tsunami of his power. When you're tempted 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.720 to get discourage and think your situation could never change. 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.640 Turn it around. Father, I know you're the god of 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.679 the breakthrough, like you did for David. You will burst 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:53.079 through what's trying to stop me. The bursting forth implies 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:57.360 something that was held back is suddenly released, like a 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:01.640 damn bursting or a flood breaking through its barriers. We 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.560 all have these seasons in life where we're doing the 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:08.600 right thing, but nothing is changing. No good breaks. Our 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.400 health's not improving, the problem is not turning around. We 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.640 feel this pressure. We're attempted to worry if it's ever 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.600 going to change, but that pressure is a sign something 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.920 is happening. When water builds behind the dam, you don't 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:28.120 see anything on the outside. There's no shaking, no movement, 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.280 no cracks in the concrete, but all this energy and 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.640 all this force is being stored up. The higher the water, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:40.440 the more the pressure. Sometimes the dam can get so 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.360 full and have so much pressure they have to open 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.760 the floodgates. There have been times when the dam burst 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.840 and all this water suddenly comes flooding out so much 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:54.760 force and so much power. The pressure you feel is 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:59.280 not because God is not working. The silence things not 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.120 improving doesn't mean it's never going to change. The water 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.400 is building up. Things are being stored up that you 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.400 can't see. The pressure is the sign that the dam 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:15.440 is weakening, that things are shifting, Momentum is building, energy 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.920 is being stored. When it's the right time, it's going 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:23.400 to be suddenly released like a flood, not a trickle, 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.560 not a couple of good graces, not one problem turned around, 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:32.120 no light, David. The whole army was wiped out. God 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:36.079 burst through with favor, with promotion, with power that they 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:40.440 had never seen. Don't let the pressure fool you. It's 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.360 not a sign that God has forgotten about you, that 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.800 it's never going to work out. It's a sign that 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.840 the water is building up, that God's about to come 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:53.200 breaking through. Think about Paul and Silas. They were put 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.040 in prison for sharing their faith, and they had been 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:59.959 beaten and were bruised and bloody, and now they were 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:05.480 in the dungeon in change, awaiting trial. The next day. Well, Stephen, 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.319 an apostle, had already been killed by the opposition, looked 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:13.560 like they were next. Imagine the pressure they fell, not 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:18.199 just physically from their wounds and being injured, but emotionally 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.760 thinking that was it there was no way out. They 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.520 could have been bitter God, why'd this happen? We were 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.200 doing the right thing. But in the middle of the 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:31.640 prison they were singing praises and thanking God. They were 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.880 showing us a key. Turn your pressure into praise, turn 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:40.040 your worry into worship. Instead of complaining about what didn't 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:44.560 work out, feeling overwhelmed by what's not changing. Why don't 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.040 you do like them and thank God that he's fighting 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.319 your battles, that nothing can stand against him, that what 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:54.040 he started he will finish in your life. And they 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:57.679 felt all this pressure, but they understood it was a 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.960 sign that something was building up, that the water, so 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:05.480 to speak, was rising and creating momentum, that God was working. 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.760 At midnight while they were singing praises, suddenly there was 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.839 a great earthquake. Prison doors flung open, chains came off 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:17.440 their feet. They walked out as free men. What happened? 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:21.839 The dam broke, the water came bursting through. How are 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:25.160 you handling the pressure in your life? What are you 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.480 saying in the seasons when nothing is changing? It feels 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.359 like God has forgotten about you? Like David, the Philistines, 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:36.720 have you surrounded? Maybe it's a sickness, the debt, the trouble. 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:41.440 If you complain, live discouraged, you're gonna miss what God 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:45.640 has for you. Try a different approach. The pressure is 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.720 a sign the damn is about to break, the water 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.760 is about to burst forth. David felt his greatest pressure, 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:57.120 his greatest opposition, right before he saw the God of 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.439 the breakthrough show out. You may be under great pressure 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:05.560 now raising children, dealing with issues it were, struggling in 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.880 your finances. God sees what you're up against. He knows 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.760 how much pressure you can handle it. He wouldn't have 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.600 allowed it if it wasn't going to work for your good. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.720 And that pressure that feels so strong against you, that's 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:23.600 an indication of the favor and blessing that's going to 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:27.800 be unleashed in your life. It is building up like 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.640 the bursting forth of waters. You're going to see the 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:34.920 goodness of God. It's because you've been like Paul and 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:40.120 Silas in that midnight hour when it wasn't fair. The 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:44.400 pressure could have easily overwhelmed you. But you're still singing praises, 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.800 you still have an attitude of faith, you're still coming 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.480 to church and being your best at work. Can I 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.760 encourage you. Your time is coming. The Psalm has put 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:58.120 it this way. When darkness overtakes, the righteous light will 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:02.280 come bursting in. This is not a gradual process. This 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.560 is not something that improves a little over time. This 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:09.400 is talking about the God of the breakthrough. When suddenly 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:14.280 things shift, Suddenly the problem turns around, Suddenly your business 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.880 takes off, Suddenly you're free from that addiction. Suddenly your 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:22.040 child comes back home. Get ready for some suddenlyes like 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:27.160 a damn breaking, God's about to unleash what's been stored up. See, 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:31.760 you can't reach your destiny just by ordinary means. The 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:35.920 Philistines were too strong for David. Goliath was too big, 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:41.520 Saul was too powerful. David's father overlooked him. David felt 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.960 this pressure again and again, and he could have complained, 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.520 thought it's never going to work out. But listen to 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:52.240 his attitude. He said, Oh, magnify the Lord with me. 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:56.600 Let us exalt his name together. He was saying, I'm 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.440 not going to magnify my problems. I know I serve 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:03.400 the God of the breakthrough. I'm gonna magnify him. Another place, 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.400 he wrote, A thousand may fall at my side, ten 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.160 thousand at my right hand, but it won't come near me. 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:12.480 For the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:17.080 shall I fear? He felt the pressure, but he turned 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.080 it into praise. The pressure in your life is not 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:24.160 there to defeat you. It's there to propel you. You're 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:28.200 feeling the weight, the worry force is trying to stop you. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:33.000 That pressure is a sign something is shifting. Favor is building, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:38.120 healing is being stored up, vindication open doors at the 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.320 right time, like the bursting forth of waters, You're going 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.440 to see the goodness of God, something that you could 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:48.520 have never made happen that propels you into your purpose. 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.360 You may be in a difficult season now you don't 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.040 see how it could ever work out, but don't ever 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.640 rule out the God of the breakthrough. One touch of 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:04.240 his favor, one good break, one contract, one goliath, you defeat, 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.840 and you're catapulted to a new level. Now I need 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.280 to give you a special weather alert. This is just then. 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.320 You are under a flash flood warning. At any moment, 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:19.439 you could see a flood of God's favor, a flood 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:24.000 of healing, a flood of abundance, not a trickle, not 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.960 a little mist here and there, not a light rain. 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:30.680 We're grateful for all that. We thank God for sustaining us. 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:35.439 But I'm talking today about something uncommon, unusual that you 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:41.640 never saw coming. This happens when you're under pressure, When 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.760 thoughts tay us too much, you can't take it. It's 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.919 never going to change. Now. That pressure means the damn 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.280 is about to break. What God has stored up is 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.720 about to come bursting forth like a flood, like a 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:58.919 tidal wave, like a tsunami. Everything that's in your path 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.919 trying to stop you is going to be washed away. 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:05.480 His power is greater than anything that comes against you. 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:09.320 But there's a lot in life that we cannot overcome 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.000 by ourselves. And if we're just trying to do it 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:17.359 all in our own strengths, our intellect, our connections, our resources, 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:20.880 we're going to be frustrated because the Philistines will show 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.760 up people bigger and stronger. Could be an illness or 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:29.920 dysfunction that was passed down troubling the home. These obstacles 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:33.920 are going to take supernatural power. God has already scheduled 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:37.920 these breakthrough moments. It's already lined up these times where 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:41.440 His power will come like the bursting forth of waters. 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.480 While you're waiting feeling that pressure. This is a very 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:50.680 important time because thoughts will try to get you discouraged worried. 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.720 Now you know the secret. The pressure is a sign 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:57.600 that the water is rising, the momentum is building, things 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.960 are shifting that you can't see. At the right time, 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:04.520 you're going to see God show out in your life. Well, 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.040 David was so amazed at what God had done and 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:10.760 so grateful that they had defeated the Philistines. The scripture 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:14.960 says he named the place bow Parism the God of 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:18.360 the Breakthrough. Every time David and his men would come 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:22.080 by that city, they'd say, remember that place, that's where 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.960 the God of the Breakthrough showed up. Even generations later, 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:31.520 when David's grandchildren great grandchildren would pass by, they'd say, oh, yeah, 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:35.160 we remember this place. Granddaddy told us about the God 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.280 of the Breakthrough, how he helped them defeat an army 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:41.840 twice that size. Every one of us should have some 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:45.440 bowel Parisms where we can look back and say, that's 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:48.480 where the God of the Breakthrough showed out in my life. 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.560 That's where God killed me, That's where he protected me, 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:54.360 that's where he opened the door. I couldn't open. That's 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:57.240 where he turned my child around. Every time I drive 0:19:57.359 --> 0:20:01.520 up to this building, I realized all parism. When all 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:04.600 the odds were against us, the experts said we didn't 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:07.479 have a chance, But the God of the breakthrough stepped 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:11.400 him like a flood. He moved the wrong people out 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:13.720 of the way, and he made a path where we 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:17.040 didn't see a path. Here we are now, Lakewood, sixty 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:21.600 seven years old today on Mother's Day. I remember when 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.560 we were trying to acquire this building. I felt all 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:27.439 this pressure, and I'm sure my team did too. But 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:31.520 the other side had more finances, more resources, more connections. 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.600 There were nights I couldn't really sleep. I tried, but 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:38.719 thoughts whispered, you're wasting your time, Joel. The night before 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:42.520 the main city council vote, we were one vote Shine. 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:44.720 We'd worked a year and a half, and one of 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:47.399 the council members that was for us decided to be 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.280 out of town, and that meant we wouldn't have enough votes. 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:54.359 But people cannot stop what God has purposed for your life. 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.879 What He has intended for you is not going to 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:01.520 go to someone else. That will be these times where 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:04.600 it's out of your control. You've done all you can. 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:08.520 We did our best. We were trd prayed and believed, 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.600 but we were still lacking one vote. But the night 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:15.360 before the main vote, the God of the breakthrough showed up. 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:19.119 A lady I had never met, called a council member 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.800 that had been against us the whole time. Her call 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:26.400 changed the council member's mind, and he voted for us. 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:29.240 We got the building. What I couldn't do in a 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:32.080 year and a half of trying to persuade him, she 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.400 did in a five minute phone call. What was that? 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:40.200 A flood of God's favor? All that pressure I felt, 0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:43.560 It was like water building behind a dam about to 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:47.000 break at the right time. What God has for you 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:50.640 is going to come bursting forth. Now. I know you've 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.400 seen his goodness in the past, but you haven't seen 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:57.480 anything yet. He has some new bowel parisms in store 0:21:57.560 --> 0:22:01.040 for you. I think about my mother. She lived forty 0:22:01.080 --> 0:22:05.240 four years after she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. 0:22:05.480 --> 0:22:08.480 She was a vow parism every time we saw her. 0:22:08.760 --> 0:22:12.040 That's the God of the Breakthrough. In my early twenties, 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:14.679 I was driving on the freeway and it was raining 0:22:14.720 --> 0:22:17.359 really bad, and when I went to change lanes. I 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:20.520 lost control of my car and I hit the guardrail 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:24.719 in the middle and started spinning back across five lanes 0:22:24.760 --> 0:22:27.800 of traffic. At one point I looked up and I 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:31.520 could see the front grill of this eighteen wheeler. I 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:34.520 was facing the wrong direction. It was like ten feet 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:36.120 in front of me. I felt like I could touch it. 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:40.320 I braced myself. All I had time to say was Jesus. 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:43.679 Sometimes you can't pray long, but when you call them 0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:47.439 the name of Jesus, angels go to work. Forces of 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:50.639 darkness were pushed back. The next thing I knew, I 0:22:50.800 --> 0:22:53.439 was over on the shoulder part kind of in a 0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:56.880 daze with the driver of the eighteen wheeler he pulled over. 0:22:57.160 --> 0:22:59.880 He came up to my car. I'll never forget, he said, boy, 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:03.520 you must be living right, because right when I was 0:23:03.560 --> 0:23:07.240 about to hit you, this big burst of wind blew 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:10.320 my truck into another lane, and somehow I missed you. 0:23:12.240 --> 0:23:16.399 That's the God of the breakthrough. I named that place Bowparism. 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:19.320 Every time I drive by, I can say, look what 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:23.640 the Lord has done. When my father was a young minister, 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:26.959 he would drive to different cities to preach, and he 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:29.600 took his own sound equipment with him and one place. 0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:32.320 He showed up and went and looked at the venue, 0:23:32.440 --> 0:23:35.720 this little county auditorium, and met with a few men 0:23:35.760 --> 0:23:38.199 that had asked him to come. He went back to 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:40.879 his car to get the sound system out of his trunk, 0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:44.320 but somehow the trunk closed with his keys in it. 0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:47.639 They started jiggling the trunk and trying to open it. 0:23:48.240 --> 0:23:51.440 They got some cold hangers and tried with no success. 0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:55.080 There's about a dozen people gathered around, everybody trying to help, 0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:58.480 and for about thirty minutes of doing everything they could, 0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:02.199 my father said, I'm gonna pray and ask God to 0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:05.000 open this trunk. They looked at him like he is 0:24:05.000 --> 0:24:08.120 from another planet, but my father would pray about anything. 0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:12.240 He believed in the God of the breakthrough. He said, Lord, God, 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:15.360 you know I need this equipment, and I know there's 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:18.280 nothing too hard for you, So I'm asking you to 0:24:18.320 --> 0:24:21.440 open this trunk for me. Those other men were snickering 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:23.960 and laughing, kind of making fun. They thought he was 0:24:24.040 --> 0:24:27.640 far out. He tried it and pulled it again, finagled it. 0:24:27.720 --> 0:24:31.879 Still nothing. They all turned around and started to walk inside, 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:34.640 and we're going to come up with another plan. When 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:38.320 they heard something click. They looked back and saw the 0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:42.200 trunk all on its own accord. It began to open up. 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:44.879 My father said, it went real slow, like it was 0:24:44.920 --> 0:24:49.880 saying Halujah. Those other men said to my dad, will 0:24:49.920 --> 0:24:53.159 you pray for me next? But what was that? The 0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:57.480 God of the breakthrough suddenly things shift. You couldn't make 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:00.920 it happen. You did all you could. That's when God 0:25:00.960 --> 0:25:04.679 will step in and do what you can. Isaiah said, 0:25:04.800 --> 0:25:07.879 when the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit 0:25:07.920 --> 0:25:10.919 of God will raise up a barrier. The comma is 0:25:11.000 --> 0:25:14.639 placed after the word flood, making the emphasis on the 0:25:14.840 --> 0:25:18.720 enemy coming like a flood, but in the original Hebrew 0:25:18.840 --> 0:25:23.280 language there were no commas. Many scholars believe the comma 0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:26.880 was put in the wrong place. It should read when 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:31.320 the enemy comes in comma like a flood, the spirit 0:25:31.359 --> 0:25:34.240 of God will rise up. The emphasis should have been 0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:38.880 on God's power and not the enemy's power. When Isaiah 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:43.920 wrote this, the people were facing injustice, oppressions, armies attacking. 0:25:44.440 --> 0:25:47.679 Isaiah was saying, in effect, don't let the pressure fool you. 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:51.480 A flood of God's favor is coming. You may have 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:55.480 things trying to stop you. Now you don't see anything changing. 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:58.960 You have to remember you're under a flash flood warning. 0:25:59.440 --> 0:26:02.479 Any moment, the God of the breakthrough could show up 0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:06.640 in your life suddenly, like the bursting forth the waters. 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:11.119 Now turn that pressure into praise. Keep thanking God that 0:26:11.200 --> 0:26:15.440 he's working all through the day. Live breakthrough minded. God, 0:26:15.560 --> 0:26:17.920 you did it for David. I know you'll do it 0:26:17.960 --> 0:26:21.280 for me. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:24.879 breakthrough is coming in your life. You're about to see 0:26:24.920 --> 0:26:30.360 a flood of God's healing, promotion, freedom that will catapult 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:34.600 you into new levels of your purpose in Jesus' name, 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:39.520 And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:42.199 like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:46.240 Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:50.960 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:26:51.160 --> 0:26:54.200 make you my Lord and save you. If you prayed 0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:57.440 that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 0:26:57.520 --> 0:26:59.920 love to send you some free information on your new 0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:02.359 walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 0:27:02.440 --> 0:27:05.040 the screen or go to the website. 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