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THEME: THE PAINFUL CHAPTERS BETWEEN PROMISE AND MANIFESTATION.
DAY 3 : Thursday,June 19, 2025
MESSAGE TITLE:
Why Does God Let Everything Fall Apart Before the Breakthrough?
SCRIPTURE TEXT:
“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”-Psalm 127:1
BY: EFFIONG ETOK
Carrier of God’s Word
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Sometimes God lets what we built fall-not to shame us, but to show us what He alone can raise.
MAIN MESSAGE:
Thomas Dexter (T.D.) Jakes grew up in poverty in West Virginia. His father died of a terminal illness while he was still young. Jakes battled rejection from church communities, financial hardship, and deep personal trials before ever preaching on a major stage.
But his pain became oil. Today, he’s a spiritual father to millions, speaking from a well of tears. His famous words say it all: “The crushing is not the end. It’s the beginning of the anointing.”
Child of God, have you ever watched your plans crumble in your hands while heaven stayed silent? You prayed. You fasted. Yet everything seemed to fall apart. What if I told you this wasn’t divine punishment-but divine permission?
Let’s walk through Naomi’s story. She left Bethlehem full but returned empty. Or so she thought. But tucked in that emptiness was Ruth-a seed of restoration, a lineage of redemption (Ruth 1:21, 4:13–17). God often strips us where we sought safety so He can replant us where He wants to bring legacy.
Gideon was ready to fight with 32,000 men, but God reduced his army to 300 (Judges 7:2–7). Why? Because when your victory comes after everything falls apart, there’ll be no doubt whose hand brought you out.
And then there’s Lazarus-dead, stinking, sealed behind a stone. His miracle didn’t come before the decay. It came after. Because Jesus needed the crowd to know: this was not survival, it was resurrection (John 11:4, 39–44).
Hear me, beloved:
God often permits what we call a collapse because He’s tearing down the version of you that cannot carry what’s ahead. He may allow the relationship to end, the job to close, or the vision to pause-not to destroy you, but to birth something that didn’t begin in your strength.
Could it be that God isn’t ignoring you-but rebuilding you?
Could this “falling apart” be the gentle hand of the Potter reshaping the clay?
Let this settle in your heart: God’s silence is not His absence-it’s often the quiet sound of heaven at work.
LET’S TALK TO GOD FOR REAL:
•What have I been calling a breakdown that heaven might be calling a foundation?
•Have I placed more trust in what I built than in the One who called me to build?
•Am I willing to release what’s collapsing so God can raise what will truly last?
TAKEAWAY STATEMENT:
God won’t use what He hasn’t first refined-and refinement often begins with letting it all fall apart.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, I surrender every broken plan and fallen dream I had to you. Where I’ve mourned the ruin, please reveal Your redemption plan to me. Rebuild me by Your design and let this collapse birth a glory that endures. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen!
2. Lord, help me trust Your breaking process. Don’t let me run from what You’re using to shape me. Raise in me a testimony that only You could write. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen!
