THE GOD OF BREAKTHROUGH
Micah 2:12-13
INTRO:
In our text we have the Prophet Micah who is speaking the heart & mind of God & is declaring God’s judgment upon Samaria & Jerusalem because of their sins!
& the judgment was’nt very nice!
The prophet declares that the judge was coming, referring to God!!
& God was angry because of wide-spread sin of idolatry, covetousness & abuses & among other things)
- & this isn’t just referring to the leaders, but to everyone who had cultivated a heart to do evil in the sight of God & who were oppressing the people!!
Whatever they coveted they took, even to a person’s land & house, if they wanted it, they would take it!!
- They would steal the property of widows & leave them to suffer with no place to live!!
- So God declares thru the prophet that some pretty heavy things were going to happen to them for what they were doing to the people & for their sins!!
- whatever they had taken, the prophet declares that God was going to take from them!!!
- Also this is talking about their impending captivity to Babylon
- & so the whole scene is not a pretty sight!!
- & then I Chapter 2: 12-13 the scene abruptly shifts to Lord’s restoration.
- I think all of us can agree that before we were born again our lives were under the judgment of God because of our sin!!
- Hey if were honest with ourselves, some of us did some pretty ugly things that were not proud of!!
- We can look back & remember that some of us were pretty messed up, & that the God honest truth & let’s not try to hide it!!
- & because of that, our sin brought the judgement of God upon our lives!!
Rom 2:5-6 But because of your stubbornness12 and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!13
He14 will reward 15 each one according to what he has done.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Then Jesus came into our lives & changed the course of everything!!
- You can even say that he came into our lives abruptly & changed everything!!
- Thank God for his only begotten..JESUS!!!
- Who in our place died for our sins!!
We’ve been redeemed, recovered, reclaimed, bought back, purchased, delivered, dis-imprisoned, emancipated, liberated, loosened, released, set free, saved & rescued By the Precious Blood of JESUS!!!
1Pe 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- Jesus is our savior, our liberator, our salvager, our salvation, the Messiah!!!
- In essence He’s our hero!!
- In the book of Micah the people as well as the leaders of Jerusalem & Samaria are under the judgment of God, then all of a sudden in vrse 12, there is a transition!!!
- It’s kind of like salvation, 1 second you’re not saved, then the moment you open your heart to Christ & confess him as Lord, in that moment you’re saved!!
- Here in chptr 2 we have the judgement of God, & then all of a sudden, there’s restoration for those that have survived all the ugliness & had been broken!!
II. RESTORATION.
Mic 2:12-13 rd KJV
Mic 2:12-13 I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob, I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain. I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the middle of a pasture; they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise. The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave.
Their king will advance before them,The LORD himself will lead them.
1. God can restore.
a.) I think we all know that God is a God who restores!
- He restores, renews, rebuilds, recovers, heals, cures, mends, re-establishes, retouches, refreshes & revives!!
1. He restores lives, restores hearts, restores minds, restores relationships & friendships, restores families & marriages!!
2. Jesus has the power of restoration!
b.) In vrses 12-13 there’s a remnant of God’s people spoken of who had been dispersed or spread out!!
1. These were the people who survived what was going on in their land. (foretold captivity.)
- but they were broken, wounded, hurt people spread out all over the land!!
- & the prophet declares to them that God would restore them & gather them all together again !!
“ I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the middle of a pasture; they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise.”
- God would gather up so many, that they would make a loud noise!!
2. It’s a perfect picture of restoration & healing!
- & the basic understanding here is that God wants to restore & heal those that have been broken or hurt & wounded!!
3. As we go to 13 there’s something very profound here!
2. BREAKTHROUGH.
Mic 2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
a.) Now as you study this vrse of scripture it’s very, very powerful!!
“the breaker has come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it:”
1. It’s a picture of a wall or gate bursting or exploding open in agressive way!
- It’s a picture of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, very sudden & very agressive!!
- God broke down the gate of their captivity & led them our of Egypt!!
- it’s a picture of deliverance, not conquest.
- It’s not just breaking thru a wall (the obstacle) to get to the other side!!
- But to breakthrough, removing all other obstacles that would keep us from moving forward & then moving forward!!
- It’s a picture of being confined like in a prison, & all of a sudden the gate of that prison was blown open to set the prisoners free !!
- & the obstacle which was the gate was removed so that they could get out & keep moving forward!!
- & the basic understanding here, without getting too heavy is, God will remove any & all obstacles to get us where we need to be!!
2. It’s telling us that God is the “breaker”
Mic 2:13 The one who can break through barriers will lead them out38 they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave.39
1. In essence this vrse is telling us that God is a God of breakthrough!!!
- The vrse is telling us that God the breaker will remove those things that stand in the way of our progression!!
- We’re talking about those barriers that can keep us from being blest!!
- God can break thru those walls & barriers that keep us from receiving from God & all that He might have for us!!!
- God will break down all those walls, barriers, obstacles & get us thru those things that have been strategically put there by the enemy who wants to hold us captive in our situations!!
3. The enemy would try to put obstacles before us to try stop what God wants to do in our lives.
- But, God the breaker, the God of breakthrough can clear a path & overthrow everything that stands in the way of the things that God wants us to do in our lives!!
c.) There are times in our walk with God when we need a breakthrough to keep us moving forward!!
1. We need a breakthru for our church. (for souls to be saved & a supernatural move of God’s spirit to touch the lives of his people!!
- A breakthru so powerful that it would totally revolutionize our lives & radically change us!!
- A breakthru so divine that it could’nt be refuted, challenged or denied, you knew, that you knew you were in the presence of God!!!
- A breakthru so awesome that men would rise up to any occasion & do the work the Lord has called them to do!!
- We need a breakthrough for the fire of the Holy Ghost!!
2. We need a breakthrough in our Vision..to look further than we’ve ever have before!!
- To enlarge, to stretch, to lengthen, to strengthen & not hold back!!
- A vision that goes way beyond our borders!!
3. This not only applies to the church as a corporate body, but also as an individual Christian!!
- You might need a breakthrough in your vision because right now it’s dull & blurred & you need a breakthrough so that you might see clear again in what God has called you to do!!
- You might need a breakthrough from apathy, indifference & cold heartedness & worst of all lukewarmness!
- You might need a breathru in your excuses!!
- I think we need to stop finding excuses why we can’t do the will of God & start finding excuses why we can!!!
Why do I say this? Because there are people in here that God wants to used in a very powerful & anointed way, but our excuses are hindering that!!
4. We need a physical breakthrough!
5. Some need a financial breakthrough!
6. Some of you might need a breakthrough in areas of jealousy, anger or un-forgiveness, or even bitterness!!
c.) God wants us to know according to our text we don’t have to remain in the negative place we’re at, that he can give us breakthrough!!
1. God does’nt want us to stay in captivity to our negative situations!!
- But he wants to break down the gate & set us free & keep us moving in that freedom!!
- In essence He wants to give us BREAKTHROUGH!!!
c.) Also, According to vrse 13, the God of breakthrough would clear a path for mankind & make a way to God!!
1. Thank God for Jesus!
- God made way for to be brought to Himself thru his son Jesus!
- Thank God for his wonder, awesome, amazing grace!!
Altar Call:
Today Jesus wants you to experience a breakthrough in your life.
See sin has the power to hold you captive, but Jesus has a greater power to set you free from that captivity!!
He wants to forgive you of all your sins & come into your heart today.
No one is here to condemn you, or to tell you how bad or wrong you are or to judge you, we don’t sit that high!
I’m simply here to tell you that there’s a God in heaven that loves you & he wants to take up residence in your life!
If you’ll give Him your old life, He’ll give you a new one!
