Breakthrough

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”
Revelation 3:20

This week’s inspiration comes from the song Breakthrough Away by Australian singer-songwriter Bec Lavelle, found on her 2010 album Love & Bravery. A powerful song about tears left unshed, prayers that need to be prayed but aren’t and words that should be spoken but are left unsaid. It’s a great song and if you would like to hear it you can find it on YouTube. As I have been listening to it recently it got me thinking about how our relationship with God is supposed to be.

The chorus of the song says: “Sometimes, redemption, seems like a mirage in the distance. You can run and try to catch it. You can give up and just forget it. You can hold on for one more day. You’re just a breakthrough away.” God, in His desire to restore the relationship between mankind and himself, broke through the boundaries of time and space to be born like us, to live with us, to teach us, to love us. Then He broke through the barriers of sin and death and brought redemption to the thresholds of our lives. But His redemption does not bust the door down to get in - He knocks and waits to be invited in. 

As humans we are keen to at least let Him in the front door and invite Him to sit and chat, but He wants access to every part of our lives and we are so good at boarding up doors or building walls to protect those unshed tears, the prayers we dare not pray and so many unspoken words. These are the things that prevent Him from filling every part of our lives with His power, His grace, and His redeeming love. He won’t just start busting through, we need to break down the barriers in our lives - the good thing is we don’t have to do it alone, He’ll help us breakthrough if we ask Him. 

I don’t know what you are holding back, but I know it can be difficult to let go. In the second verse of the song are some powerful words “There’s hope and there’s peace, and courage to be found and the sum of them is greater than the fear holding you down."

What will it be this week, will we deal with the emotions we’ve been stuffing down or dare to pray those prayers or speak the words that need to be spoken? We are all “just a breakthrough away.” 

A Prayer
Father, thank you for breaking through to our world to restore our relationship. Help us to tear down the walls that keep you from filling up our lives with your power, grace and redeeming love. Help us to breakthrough. In the name of Jesus - Amen.