Break Through

Monday, May 20,2024

  Good morning, Lord

Verse of the Day: James 3:17-18

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace

Memory verse: Psalm 90:14

14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.  

Today's reading: 1 CHRONICLES 13-15 JOHN 7:1-27

The Break-Through

If you search for a list of the names that are used to describe God, you will find many such lists. When I read 1 Chronicles 14:11, I read that David called the place where he defeated the Philistines:

'Baal Perazim'...This means 'the God who breaks through'.

This name is not on any of the lists I could find but I think this name is just as important as the others.

This life is a life of hardship and struggle as well as peace and victory.

If you have been set free from sin in Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit has 'broken through' your human reservation and reluctance. He has broken through the 'dividing wall of hostility', Ephesians 2:14-18, and defeated the enemy's power over your life.

He is our God who breaks through the barrier of sin we surround ourselves with when we walk away from Him so we have the will to return and repent. Our God breaks chains of bondage.

Our God breaks through hearts of stone.

Ezekiel 36:26 ►I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

This is a most precious truth. For those of us who have someone we love who is running from God-someone for whom we have prayed for years-we must know that our God is the 'God who breaks through' and trust Him to break through and make the runner stop and see God. After all, God is the God who sees 'me'.

El Roi: "The God who sees me" - used by Hagar in Genesis 16.

Don't just pray for a 'break-through'-pray to our God who breaks through all barriers to defeat unrighteousness and frees souls for eternity.

Pray for your own break though to get closer to God than ever before...

...because He loves us...

Father in Heaven,

You can break through any problem I have. Break through my self that I may become less and less and You become more and more.

Mighty God of freedom in Christ,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen