The Pattern of Breakthrough

I Chronicles 14:8-17 Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went out against them. 9 Then the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim. 10 And David inquired of God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”
The Lord said to him, “Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand.”
11 So they went up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.[ 12 And when they left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 Then the Philistines once again made a raid on the valley. 14 Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 15 And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 16 So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. 17 Then the fame of David went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations

Breaking through the status quo barrier is a

not a one-time event.

PHASE #1: I GO __THROUGH __A CRISIS.

God allows a crisis to come into your life that

up against your belief in God.

David’s promoted and things are going well when all of a sudden a

comes into his life.

a CRISIS, that’s the first phase in experiencing a breakthrough in your life.

THE CRISIS TAKES YOU OFF

.

David’s crisis was

PHASE #2: I

TO GOD.

Our

often determines whether we go up or whether we give up.

Some people just get

at others or at God when a crisis comes into their lives.

PHASE #3: I GO ON

.

Will I believe what God has said, or will I go with my

?

We need to go on faith,

God to do what he knows would be best.

Some things in life you can only

your way out of.

A crisis is a

, a moment of truth in our lives when we make a concrete decision to follow God and trust Him or not to trust God and walk away from Him

PHASE #4: I GO

.

I BREAK THE STATUS QUO

.
I graduate from one grade to another.

Have you ever faced the same problem

than once?


The second time, he was a veteran.
He knew what to do. Verse 14 tells us:
“Therefore David

of God…”