Breakthrough 2015-Uncharted Territory

Psalm 22:1 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"

Have you ever found yourself in a place that you're not familiar with and wonder why you ended up there? It's not easy when you have tried to do right for as long as you can remember and then find yourself in that place. It is also very difficult to find your way out of that place because you don't know how you got there in the beginning. If you had made that decision or had gone in that direction it would be one thing, but when you have no reason why you're there and can't seem to find your way back home is another.

Breakthroughs are won and lost based on where we are in our relationship with God. Your relationship with God is just like it is with people. Sometimes you feel on top of the mountain and other times you feel alone in the valley. Some days it's great to be alive and then other days you wonder what's the use. In this topsy-turvy world we never know what a day will bring and it seems to get harder every day when you are believing and trusting God for a supernatural breakthrough.

David was in a place he did not want to be and it seemed to him that God was a million miles away. He couldn't understand why he seemed to be so far away from God and why God wouldn't change his circumstances immediately. Verse 16 says, "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet." Folks, that's not a good place to be.

So how do you get out of that place you don't know how you ended up in?

-You must spiritually prepare yourself for whatever comes your way and wherever God allows you to face.
1 Peter 1:13 "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ..."

-You must present your body and mind to God as His temple.
Romans 12:1, 2 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

-You must continue to expect Him to do wonders through faith regardless of where you are or what is going on in your life or mind.
Hebrews 11:8 "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."

-You must be obedient with what He has told you to do and not be afraid to do it.
Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

God can touch you in the valley as well as when you're on the mountain. It all depends on the way that you look at things. Breakthroughs may not always be spectacular. Sometimes they start slowly and seem very small. But once they get started, you'll find yourself in a different place than you thought you were in. In fact, it won't seem as bad as you think and it will begin to change as God begins to move you from that place of unfamiliarity to the place He wants you to be.