The word of
the Lord came to me saying it’s dangerous for you to remain in mediocrity! It’s
time to break off limitation and small thinking. It’s time to break out of
self-imposed walls and realize who you really are. It is I who has fashioned
you and equipped you for such a time as this. It is your season and
the violent take it by force. It is a spiritual violence; the violence of
possessing enemy territory and moving beyond your perceived limitations into the
prophetic promises of God. It’s time to break out of fear into the realm of
faith. This is an important season because there is a revolving door of
spiritual opportunity before us. The waters of Bethsaida are being stirred know
this is your time and your hour!
First, let
me describe limitation: It is letting your circumstances dictate your outcome. Limitation
is staying in the boat when Jesus is saying come. Limitation is listening to
your mind; instead of your spirit governing your will. Limitation is not
understanding God’s goodness or having faith that what He did on that cross is
enough to meet every need and overcome every circumstance. The blood of Jesus
is enough!
Next, let me
describe mediocrity as this: Losing your fire and passion for God; settling
into the comfort zone. Living an average Christian life and not doing the
greater works that Jesus did.
Let’s discuss
three ways to break limitation!
You must be willing to declare God’s
prophetic promises in your life!
Matthew 20:30 And behold, two blind
men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out,
saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”
31 Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but
they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”
32 So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want
Me to do for you?”
33 They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” 34
So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes
received sight, and they followed Him.
When these blind men cried out Jesus Son of David; they were declaring
the fulfillment of the prophetic word spoken to David promising that the
Messiah would come from his lineage. They were decreeing that Jesus was their
savior healer and deliverer. They were shouting their victory and didn’t let
anyone shut them down. Their declaration caused Jesus to stop and all of heaven
to pay attention to their faith. When Jesus is in the house it is time to start
declaring your victory. Our victory is in what we declare not in what limits
us. Being blind and poor is a very big limitation but it was broken instantly
the moment they declared who Jesus was to them. Everything in the kingdom of
God is received by faith and confession including our salvation. Romans 10:9,10
You must be willing to break out of
the crowd to break into God’s presence!
Luke 5:18-20 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom
they sought to bring in and lay before Him. 19 And when they could
not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the
housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst
before Jesus.
20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven
you.”
If we are to break off limitations we must be willing to go beyond
conventional means. We must be willing to tear the roof off to get to Jesus.
There are ceilings in church called religion, tradition, mediocrity and the
comfort zone. It takes faith to move
beyond the ceilings and tear them off to get right in front of Jesus. What are
you willing to do to get right in the middle of God’s presence? What are you
willing to do for your deliverance, healing and salvation? Are you going to let
the crowd stop you? Are you going to allow yourself to be conformed to the
mediocrity of others? It’s time to bust a move church! Why do we wait for an
altar call to be given? Why do we have to be persuaded to come to the feet of
Jesus when we can come at anytime to receive from God?
We must have persistent and
unwavering faith
Do you remember the Gentile woman whose daughter was possessed? Jesus’
ushers or disciples were complaining that she was crying out after them. Jesus
even said that she was not on his schedule…
Matthew 15:24-28 24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except
to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s
bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs
which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is
your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from
that very hour.
It doesn’t matter if it’s not on the schedule if you are persistent you will
receive from God! It doesn’t matter if you have received prayer for the same
thing over and over again. God’s word does not lie you will receive if you
believe!
You must be a risk taker in the
kingdom of God
Luke 8:43-48 Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had
spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, 44
came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her
flow of blood stopped.
45 And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?”
When all denied it, Peter and those with him[f] said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You,
and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”[g]
46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going
out from Me.” 47 Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she
came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the
presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was
healed immediately.
48 And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has
made you well. Go in peace.”
Did you know that by Jewish standards this woman was considered unclean? She
was an outcast in society just like a leper.
Leviticus 15:19 ‘If a woman
has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her
shall be unclean until evening.
This woman was limited by cultural values and religious traditions that
told her she wasn’t worthy because she was unclean but she didn’t let that stop
her. She stopped Jesus on his way to a miracle crusade. She was taking a risk
because she was breaking the laws imposed upon her by religious tradition. It
was the risk of faith that caused the limitation to be broken over her life.
I was at a revival meeting years ago with Eagles Nest in the Magic Mountain
area people were falling under the power of God just standing in the meetings.
I watched people whose bodies were contorting as God healed them. I saw camera
people falling off their stands and people sitting on a hillside just to see
what God was doing. The person I was with that night was sitting there totally
unresponsive to the meeting. When we talked about it later she told me that she
had been judging the people who were passionately loving God and falling under
the power of God. The Lord rebuked her saying, “I like it better the way they
do it rather than the way you don’t.” God likes it more when we are willing to
step out of the boat and make a fool of ourselves trying rather than staying in
the boat in fear with the rest of the crowd. He likes the David’s who say “Give
me the giants head! Where is the uncircumcised Philistine?” Who dares to defy
God’s power? 10/06/10
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