Sounds of Breakthrough

Sometimes we do not ask God for anything because we’re locked into an old mindset of performance mode. We do not feel that we deserve to be blessed unless we work like a dog for it; then we’ll feel like we earned it. Not only is this performance mode, but it is slavery mentality. When we receive the Lord into our hearts as our personal Lord and Savior, He gives us the right to come to Him in prayer and make requests of Him. Jesus said to simply ask, and He would give us what we ask for. This does not mean that we can ask Him for something that is outside of His Word. Whatever we ask Him for has to line up with the Word of God.

How do we know if what we ask for is according to the Word of God? The only way that we can be sure that our request is within the scope of God’s Word, is to spend quality time with Him in His Word.

Let’s say you’ve asked for God to bless you with prosperity. According to the Word of God, is this a promise from God, or just wishful thinking? To find out for sure, you would need to perform a topical study on the word prosperity. Once you complete your study, you will know exactly what the Lord has to say about prosperity. This is when you can rest assured that when you pray for prosperity, that your prayer is according to the Word of God, and He will answer.

A word study consists of researching the word that you're interested in, in a Strong’s Concordance. When you look into the concordance, you’ll find that the word prosperity is used seventeen different times in various scriptures. You can look up all the scriptures and complete a study, or you can pray for God to show you the scripture to study.

During your study you will learn that prosperity can mean different things in different scriptures, so it is important to make sure that you are looking at the correct scripture that you are studying.

For example;

Psalms 35:27 reads:
Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, let the Lord be magnified, who takes pleasure in the PROSPERITY of his servant.

Prosperity in this scripture means: save, well, happy, peace, favor, good health, rest, wholly.

Psalms 118:25 reads:
Save now, we beseech (request) You, O Lord, send now PROSPERITY, O Lord we beseech You, and give to us success.

Prosperity in this scripture means: to push forward in various senses; break out, come mightily, go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, cause to effect, make to, to send.

If you are in need of a financial breakthrough, Deuteronomy 8:18 is a good scripture to commit to memory.

Deuteronomy 8:18 reads:
But you shall (earnestly) remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Wealth in this scripture means: a force, whether by men, means or other resources, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength, able, activity, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, substance, virtuous (-ly), worthy (-ily).

This is a powerful promise in the Word of God that is based on His covenant (agreement/contract/word) with Abraham. Abraham was the father of faith. We became the seed of Abraham when we received the Lord Jesus Christ by faith. Therefore this is a promise that we can claim regarding our financial prosperity. It is also a warning for us to remember to thank God for manifesting His promises in our lives, because He is the source of the promises and their fulfillment.

• Are you seeking God for something?
• What are you seeking God for?
• How often do you seek Him?
• Does your request line up with the Word of God?
• Do you believe that He will answer you?

Definitions:

Ask: to call on for an answer, to speak, utter, to make a request.

Find: to discover by study, or experiment, attain, reach, to obtain by effort or management, to discover by sounding, to bring oneself to a realization of one’s powers or of one’s proper sphere of activity.

Given: presented as a gift, bestowed without compensation, granted, fixed and specified (at a time).

Knock: to strike something with a sharp blow, to make a pounding noise, to set forcibly in motion with a blow.

Open: to move as a door from closed position, to make available for entry or passage by turning back (as a barrier) removing (as a cover) or clearing away (as an obstruction), to make accessible for a particular purpose, to disclose or expose to view; reveal.

Seek: to go to, to go in search of, to ask for, request, to make a search for.

Reflection:
If we do not repetitively ask God for Him to manifest the promises in His Word in our lives, how will He know that we are serious about possessing the promises? If we are not serious about possessing the promises of the kingdom of God, we will not be serious about maintaining them.Therefore, when we seek (worship) God in prayer through His Word, continually (knocking) with an audible persistent sound (such as our voice speaking His Word back to Him) causing a breakthrough to take place because of our faith in Him, He will answer our prayers by opening doors for us that had been blocked by obstacles (within and without), which prevented us from advancing into the kingdom promises of God.

Reference Scriptures:
Matthew 7:7, I John 3:22, Psalms 35:27, 118:25, Deuteronomy 8:18,

Reference Definitions: Webster’s Dictionary, 1990

Higgins, S. (2009). Sounds of Breakthrough. Devotions for Thought. Higgins Publishing from http://devotionsforthought.blogspot.com.