Do you need breakthrough?

This is a blog with a difference.  It is an honest look at life with a twist of the prophetic.  Have you ever heard the expression “under pressure, something is formed?”  Over time and with extreme temperature and pressure, diamonds are formed.  Unless you are at diamond status, you are likely to be experiencing this in different ways in your life at the moment.  It might be an issue with a family member, a long-term health problem, financial pressure that you just can’t shake or maybe you are going through life suffering with your wellbeing in silence.  These are just a few examples; perhaps your situation is different.  It’s not so much what you are going through, but how you are going through it and whether you understand the process you are in.

When you look at a diamond ring in a jewellery shop, perhaps you think wow, that is expensive.  Well, they have been on an incredible journey to end up in the shop.  In nature, diamonds are created within the Earth's mantle at depths exceeding 120 kilometres (75 miles), where temperatures soar, and pressures are immense. Over billions of years, carbon atoms bond in a crystal structure that results in the hardest known natural substance. These diamonds are then brought closer to Earth’s surface through volcanic eruptions, where they can be mined from kimberlite pipes, alluvial gravels, or glacial tills.  Once out of the earth, its journey isn’t finished.  A diamond seed is surrounded with carbon and subjected to high pressures and temperatures. The carbon melts and crystallises around the seed.  So, you can see that throughout its life it is subjected to intense heat and pressure.  But the outcome is beautiful and lasting.

Pressure is part of our life experience.  If I take my own situation, I have a natural tendency to try and fix things when they become difficult.  To focus on the problem and try to do all I can to sort it out.  Subconsciously, I am jostling for control.  The harder the problem, the harder I work at trying to fix it.  I find myself in such a position at the moment.  What about you?  How do you deal with pressure?

As Christians, it is like we are in a partnership with God.  He is the senior partner, and we are the junior partner.   He wants to develop us as people and can allow situations in our lives to hone us and shape us.

I really need to change my default mechanism to try and fix things by asking God what are you trying to teach me?  Trying to take control says I don’t trust you.  I trust myself better.  But that isn’t right.  God can be trusted for all your needs and circumstances.  As you read this, think about the circumstances that you find yourself in and how they manifest pressure.

God is bigger than our circumstances.   He is faithful and can be trusted with every aspect of our lives, no matter how difficult they might seem.

The phrase "God meant it for good" is rooted in Genesis 50:20, where Joseph reflects on his hardships with his brothers and wrongly being put in prison and recognises that God used these circumstances for a greater purpose.

So, if you need breakthrough in your life, can I encourage you to go to God and ask him what he is trying to teach you?   He may not speak immediately, but He always speaks eventually.  And timing is more important than time to God.

With every blessing.