Getting Your Breakthrough

2 Samuel 5:20 says: And David came to Baalperazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me, like a bursting flood." Therefore the name of that place is called Baalperazim. (RSV) The battle referenced is with the Philistines and it comes at a critical point for David. It marks the time when Jerusalem became a royal city. David had started his work of king at the age of 30,and he had already reigned over Judah seven years and six months from Hebron, and his "breakthrough" marks the beginning of his reign at Jerusalem, where he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years. David’s move to Jerusalem brought the Philistines against the city, and it was the response of God to David's prayer (2 Sam 5:19) that brought the victory. God is the "God of the breakthrough."

The Hebrew word for "breakthrough" is pereṣ and it means "a gap, a break. It refers to a rupture, a tear, a breaking up or shattering of something: a breach created in a wall of an enemy (2 Sam. 5:20); the breaking or rupture occurring in the process of childbirth (Gen. 38:29). It is used figuratively of separation created between persons or groups." Perhaps you need the God of the breakthrough to explode in your life. Is there some obstacle, i.e. mountain, that blocks your way from walking in all that God has desired for your life? If so, you need to first get a Word from Him concerning His will on the subject. God wanted David to defeat the Philistines. David knew that and brought the matter before Him in prayer. After you know God's will, bring it to the throne of grace in prayer. Then, you need to act on that Word. This will vary from situation to situation. If there is a financial lack in your life, find something to give to someone in need. If you have no money, sell something and give the money way. If you don't have something to sell, find something to give away. Make sure that it is your best that you give. Don't give something you don't really want. Give your best because you are giving it to God as an offering. After giving something, begin to confess that God is breaking through in your situation. Make it present tense, not future tense. God is the God of the breakthrough today, not the God of the breakthrough some day in the future. Faith is now. Faith is present tense.

Our God is the God of the breakthrough. There is nothing that can stop Him. Our duty is to invite Him to participate in our problems. Forget religious thinking that God wants you to suffer. Come to know Him as the breakthrough God. He will tear your problem to shreds. Find a word, bring it to Him in prayer, act on the Word, and begin to confess the breakthrough. Hold fast to your confession and don't let any devil from hell, or church member talk you out of it.