Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are.
Set the world right; Do what’s best—as above, so below.

Matthew 6:9-13, MSG

Day 5: Breakthrough

READ.

Read the following verses. As you read, pause and pray over anything that sticks out to you. Do not rush. In fact, consider starting this time in silence for :30-:60 and ask God to be near as you pray.

Psalm 130:5-6
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 16:9-11
My heart and soul explode with joy—full of glory!
Even my body will rest confident and secure.
For you will not abandon me to the realm of death,
nor will you allow your Faithful One to experience corruption.
Because of you, I know the path of life,
as I taste the fullness of joy in your presence.
At your right side I experience divine pleasures forevermore!

What thoughts come to mind?
What words or ideas did the Holy Spirit draw your attention to?

PRAY.

Read over this prayer and modify it as you need to. Allow yourself to talk to God without judgement and without censoring yourself.

God, at this point, I’m not sure what to pray. I’ve prayed this prayer so many times, I’m not sure what there is left to say.

Will the healing come? Will your Glory invade? With this mustard seed of faith that I have left, for your breakthrough, I will wait.

If in comes in the healing, I will lift my hands. If in comes in the suffering, I trust you to hold my hand. If it comes through my rising, God show me the way. Even if it comes while I lie flat on my face, in your sovereign Love I remain.

You sustain.
You sustain.
Yahweh.
Yahweh.

“Only you can say whether or not God answered you. If you have any sense, you will ask someone with more experience than you to help you decide what the answer means, but even then the choice is yours. Are you still waiting for God to answer you, or is your life the answer you have been seeking, hiding in plain view?” Barbara Brown Taylor

“Give us the strength to hold the pain of injustice in our world and faith that it will end.” Rev. Sandra Maria Van Opstal

“You defend the cause of the fatherless, motherless, and the widow. You love the stranger. We believe and feel overwhelmed– Sometimes it is hard to believe that you actually care about the injustice and suffering. When we don’t see your work. When we sense the apathy from the church. When we feel small and forget that we were designed to be different and make things different. When we feel overwhelmed by darkness in the world– the violence, injustice, poverty, oppression, abuse. Give us hope not to be overcome.” Rev. Sandra Maria Van Opstal

RESPOND.

As you wait on the Lord, as you’ve been meditating over these verses and prayers for today, ask Jesus for breakthrough however you need to. Even if you’re left without any words, even if all you have left are tears, ask the Lord for breakthrough and for eyes to see.

Spend some time praying for how you might be used as an instrument for breakthrough in someone else’s life.

As you transition into the rest of your day, practice a heart posture of openness to the work of the Spirit and the mystery of God to move slowly or all at once, in the mundane and in the miraculous.

Day 5: Breakthrough (Prayer Guide)