The Breakthrough God

UV 919/10,000 The Breakthrough God Who sent His glorious arm of power to be at Moses’ right hand, who divided the waters before them, to gain for Himself everlasting renown. Isaiah 63 v 12 God’s power, authority and love are within arm’s reach of each one of us. If we like Moses stretch our own hands over whatever obstructs our paths, He will demonstrate His power, authority and love to “divide the waters” before us. When Moses held his rod in his right hand and then held it over the water of the Red Sea, the Lord sent a mighty East wind to cause the water to part and stand like a heap on both sides. Moses’s right hand or left hand had no more power or strength than any of us. When we are willing to lift our limbs for the Lord, He acts on our behalf and sets in motion miraculous forces and causes miraculous breakthroughs. The rod in our right hand is not literally a rod but it is the Word of God. When we declare the Word and command mighty forces to divide, they will divide and part to make way for us to go forward in our careers, professions, lives and ministry. I start every day with half an hour of prayer walk where I declare God’s Word over the waters that confront me. When I raise my hands and pray in the spirit, the Lord intertwines His fingers in mine and strengthens me with His glorious power from above. I call this “doing Hi-10” with the Lord. In a battle that the Israelites faced, they were winning as long as Moses’s arms were held up. When he was tired doing so, Aaron helped him by holding his brother’s arms up. Through this uni-verse, the Lord is saying that not only in the case of Moses and the Israelites but if His people anywhere hold up their hands in prayer, He will reveal His might, authority and love in such a way that it will redound to His everlasting renown. The glory of man is effervescent and fleeting. The brouhaha over Sachin’s contribution to India is at its peak now with people all round singing his praises. Sachin Tendulkar is called erroneously as the god of cricket. If he is the god of cricket would he retire? A few decades from now, the next generation would scarcely know who he is. In training workshops all over the state when our resource persons ask “ who does more useful work – the average police constable or Sachin Tendulkar?” Unanimously, people say, “ The police constable.” The answer to the next question is also obvious, “ Who is the real hero- Sachin or the constable?” Man’s glory passes away soon but the glory of God is forever. Soon after the Israelites left Egypt and crossed the Red Sea in this miraculous manner, their renown spread fear of them all round. Even the prostitute Rahab in the city of Jericho heard of what had happened and she decided to join the winning side- the Jews. The scarlet rope she tied around her window was a symbol of the royal lineage that would start in her once wretched body and womb for she would bear the forebear of the King of Kings, the Messiah. Prateep V Philip