3 Signs God Is Preparing You for a Breakthrough

2. If God Is Taking You Through a Season of Repentance and Healing, This Could Be in Preparation for a Major Breakthrough

Sometimes there are external barriers in our lives that are blocking God’s blessings. At other times, however, it is not the people, places, or things in our lives that are hindering our growth. Sometimes there are things within our own selves that are blocking God’s blessings.

When there is a character issues or a wound deep within us that is keeping us from living out our full potential as new creations in Christ, God will take us through a season of repentance and healing in preparation for a breakthrough. As Hebrews 12:5-6 (NIV) states:

My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

So if you sense the Holy Spirit tugging on your heart and pointing out an area in you that you know you need to improve through God’s grace, don’t ignore God’s loving discipline. For as Hebrews 12:11 also states, “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” In other words, before your breakthrough God will often prepare you through his loving discipline.