Mega Lame Cell

Many times we pray for power and anointing to overcome the world and in our minds, we're seeing obstacles like our bosses, our parents, people who speak against us, etc, that God will give us the breakthrough to overcome.

As I was praying this week, I kept coming back to the impression that the way we define power is the opposite of the definition found in the world. And I wonder if we fully understood, whether we would still be praying for it.

What if praying for power and breakthrough meant a life of brokenness and submission to God in a manner unlike what we perceive?

Power to fully submit to God's will. Prayer to live a life of brokenness and humility, stepped on and humiliated by the world. Power to be a servant...power for a life that pours out like a drink for the sake of the Lord. Power to comprehend the sorrow of God's heartbeat for the people. Power to weep and stand in the gap.

The power to completely surrender to the purpose and calling that God has predestined for your life...to live a life that may be the tougher than anything you ever envisioned, but yet the most fulfilling that could be accomplished. To be at the center of God's will and fully tapped into His power.

Is that really what we want? Are we willing to pay the cost?

The irony is that the power to submit to God and His will brings the breakthrough and overcoming power over our tangible obstacles. The more we are able to submit to Him, the more we will be able to overcome.

Submission brings the breakthrough because we stop relying on our own strength and wisdom, and begin trusting in the One that has already won the victory.