goodness ; you believed in His love , you believed in His power . You had a simple childlike faith . And then , as you aged , you gained knowledge and lost that trust .
But God wants to bring us back to a place of simple childlike trust . Remember that Jesus said , “ Unless you ... become like children , you will not enter the kingdom of heaven ” ( Matthew 18:3 ). If we want to enter more fully into the kingdom , if we want breakthrough , we must become more childlike .
What does it mean to be childlike ? It means knowing who we are in His love , being confident in His goodness , and feeling safe in Him . The world is very dangerous in the natural ; it ’ s a very scary place . Like Yeshua ’ s disciples , who were terrified of the perilous and potentially deadly storm on the sea of Galilee , so we too often are afraid of what we face in this world . But consider that Yeshua rebuked His disciples for their lack of faith ( see Luke 8:25 ).
God wants us to have the heart of a child , to simply trust Him and believe we are loved by and safe in Him . This will create a channel , an open door for the Spirit to flow more fully through us , creating breakthrough in and through us .
Be willing to be different
How can we experience breakthrough if we ’ re not willing to stand out and be different ? If we try to be just like everybody else , we won ’ t get breakthrough . Yeshua said , “ How can you believe , when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God ?” ( John 5:44 ).
In other words , if we are more concerned about fitting in or being liked and accepted than we are about getting free , we will never get breakthrough . We must step out and follow Him , even if it means being misunderstood or rejected by family , friends , and those around us . Forerunners , pioneers , and those who get breakthrough are not controlled by wanting to be liked by others .
Take action
I believe there ’ s an element of breakthrough that happens in conjunction with our action . I pointed out earlier that breakthrough begins and ends with God . As Zechariah the prophet wrote , “ Not by might nor by power , but by My Spirit ” ( Zechariah 4:6 ).
But that doesn ’ t mean God isn ’ t calling us to get engaged . Only the Holy Spirit and experience can teach us where waiting on God on the one hand and taking action on the other hand meet . At some point , for breakthrough to happen , we ’ re going to need to take action .
My dad said to me one time , “ Keep shaking the bushes and eventually something will fall out .” There is a time to step out and act . Jesus said to the man with the withered hand , “‘ Stretch out your hand !’” When the man did so , his hand was restored ( Matthew 12:13 ). Note , this man wasn ’ t healed until he did something .
After King David defeated his enemies , he declared , “ God has broken through my enemies by my hand , like the breakthrough of waters ” ( 1 Chronicles 14:11 , emphasis added ). Notice God broke through by David ’ s hand .
When the children of Israel needed a breakthrough in order to be saved from the Egyptians , the Lord said to Moses , “ Why are
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