Expect a breakthrough of success!
Don’t allow yourself to grow weary of doing good. Doing good renews the inward man day by day.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 6:
7 God will never be mocked! For what you plant will always be the very thing you harvest.
8 The harvest you reap reveals the seed that you planted. If you plant the corrupt seeds of self-life into this natural realm, you can expect a harvest of corruption. If you plant the good seeds of Spirit-life you will reap beautiful fruits that grow from the Everlasting Life of the Spirit.
9 And don’t allow yourselves to be weary in planting good seeds, for the season of reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming!
We are to be tenacious in planting good seeds. The word tenacious means: persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired. Our faith should be described as tenacious in expecting the manifestation of things hoped for.
10 Take advantage of every opportunity to be a blessing to others, especially to our brothers and sisters in the family of faith!
Being a blessing to others in a consistent manner is like adding fertilizer to a field of seeds you have planted. It encourages faster results.
On the other hand, words of unbelief can slow down or even eliminate a good harvest. Does a farmer dig up the seed before its time of production wondering if it will produce? Words have power! Let’s consider Zechariah.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke 1:
6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s Eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.
7 They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week.
9 As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.
10 While the incense was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying.
11 While Zechariah was in the sanctuary, an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the incense altar.
12 Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.
13 But the angel said, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give you a son, and you are to name him John.
14 You will have great joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
16 And he will turn many Israelites to the Lord their God.
17 He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and he will cause those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the Godly.”
An angel of THE LORD appears to him, and he immediately looks at the natural rather than the Supernatural encounter.
18 Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure this will happen? I’m an old man now, and my wife is also well along in years.”
What more could you want? You are in the most Sacred place in Israel, an angel shows up and announces that your prayers have been answered. Not only that, it is Gabriel standing before you!
19 Then the angel said, “I am Gabriel! I stand in the very Presence of God. It was HE Who sent me to bring you this good news!
20 But now, since you didn’t believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For My Words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time.“
Zechariah was made to remain silent so that his unbelief would not adversely affect the answer to prayer or delay its fulfillment. Let’s contrast him with Abraham.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 4:
19 In spite of being nearly one hundred years old when the promise of having a son was made, Abraham’s faith was so strong that it could not be undermined by the fact that he and Sarah were incapable of conceiving a child.
20-21 He never stopped believing God’s promise, for he was made strong in his faith to father a child. And because he was mighty in faith and convinced that God had all the power needed to fulfill his promises, Abraham glorified God!
22 So now you can see why Abraham’s faith was credited to his account as righteousness before God.
23 And this declaration was not just spoken over Abraham,
24 but also over us. For when we believe and embrace the ONE Who brought Our Lord Jesus back to Life, perfect righteousness will be credited to our account as well.
We must not allow unbelief to adversely affect the breakthrough in whatever we are praying for. Let patience have its perfect work and know that FATHER will cause the breakthrough to come forth at the proper time.