Receiving Your Breakthrough

“You’re right on the edge of a breakthrough,

God knows everything you’re going through,

Your test and trials will make you stronger,

You just hang in there, just a little while longer,

Don’t give up on your breakthrough,

It may not come when you want to,

You just hang on in there just a little while

You shall receive your breakthrough.”

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Greg Hoover and the Charlotte Community Singers

Breakthrough:

1.

An act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction.

2.

An offensive thrust that penetrates and carries beyond a defensive line in warfare.

I like the second definition the best. Don’t you feel like you are in a war with life’s obstacles sometimes? If not, I suggest that you get in that mindset. I’m not speaking of a violent mindset, but a mindset that gives the intensity and determination that will defend your anticipated success and the offense needed to penetrate the enemy (obstacle) enough to ‘kill’ it. So many times I feel that we let our opponent defeat us a little too easily. Even the small opponents sometimes defeat us. Inside we want that breakthrough, but we don’t have the strength and/or the faith to receive it. In reality, you simply just need to change the mindset. In order to have the right mindset, it simply only takes three things that I found hidden in the lyrics of the song above:

1. Form the right team. God knows everything that you’re going through. He is above all and knows all. Put Him in front to lead you. Proverbs 3:5-6 says to trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. Believe in him, and he will direct your path. Imagine the relief you will feel if you simply ‘let go and let God!’ Don’t try to be the leader of your destiny. God already knows the plan He has for you, and He knows the best route. Let him guide you. Also, surround yourself around people who also believe in Him and in you. There are only two types of people in this world; those that will stretch your vision or choke your dreams. Be around those that can help you stretch your vision and limit or eliminate your association with those that take the air out of you and make you weak. I don’t care if you are Kobe Bryant fan or not (I am not), but he would not have been able to win championships if he didn’t have the strong team that he has. I don’t care how good he is. In order to overcome your obstacles, you need to surround yourself around those people that help you look and feel stronger.

2. Remember your past successes. We have all accomplished something in our lives, whether it’s something like graduating high school, or something as small finishing a book. Remember that feeling you had? How did it feel? Think about that feeling you had and use that give you the fuel to overcome your current obstacle. Every test and trial that we go through makes us stronger. The bigger the obstacles and the more obstacles we encounter, the stronger we become. Know that God doesn’t place these obstacles in our lives to give us a hard time. He knows what he wants of you, and what you are capable of. Jeremiah 29:11 says that He knows that plans he has for you. Plans to make your prosper, and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. To provide this future of prosperity, you have to pass these tests. Think about these obstacles of not a hardship on your life, but as a test that you need to pass in order to deserve the future that is set for you to have.

2. Have faith. Once you have let go and God and youhave the right team behind you and once you inserted some fuel of strength from past success, you know have what you need to have faith to know that you can get through this. God believes in you. The people that you have surrounded yourself with believe in you. All this belief combined with your belief puts you in the mindset from doubting yourself and too weak to even attempt to penetrate to having all the strength and faith to know that you can overcome and receive your breakthrough and take yourself to the next level! It may not be immediate, so you have to be patient. As like most tests, life tests have a timer attached to it as well. In order to receive the full reward of receiving your breakthrough, it must be done at the time God says it is time. But know it will always happen ‘right on time.’

So just hang in there a little while. Your breakthrough is coming. If you have formed the right team, have the strength to push through with faith, you shall receive your breakthrough. You will burst through that defensive line that is preventing you from advancing in life and win the war! You are entitled to your victory! Go get it!

Live To Dream Big!