There is much talk
About breakthrough these days
Promised to Christian believers
In myriad ways.
Promised from pulpits
From stadia to church
And the people in eager anticipation
Are left in the lurch.
Often required to pay
Or rather, sow a seed,
And this seed must be sacrificial
Aka out of their need.
The gullible are trapped
Mostly ladies, I dare to say,
And almost all of them still wait
For that coming day.
Meanwhile, no change
Everything is as before
And they continue to lose faith
More and more.
Breakthrough is mouthed
By faith leadership
Who rather than preach the Word
Shoot from the hip.
Five break-through
Are recorded in the Word
But to the two in the New Testament
I now refer.
Both are in Matthew
In consecutive verses
And from what I have gathered
They are really curses.
Beware of treasures
That thieves can steal
Rather, store up treasures in heaven
In the Word revealed.
Thieves break through
Moth and rust corrupt
And sooner rather than later
Thieves run out of luck.
Let the light of the Word
Breakthrough in your heart,
This breakthrough none can give
Not even in part.
It cost Jesus’ blood
And his death on the cross
And it matters not your millions,
Without it you are lost.
Breakthrough is dependent
On the grace of God,
It’s not in money or worldly gain
No, not at all.
Breakthrough for whom?
For the one in the pulpit
Making merchandise of the sheep
And getting rich.
Sounds like a wolf
Dressed up like a sheep,
Be careful my brothers and sisters
If you hear him bleat.
If he tickles your ears
And make you feel sweet
Next, he will take all you have
And have you for meat.
There is one shepherd
That was never a sheep
Yet though a sinless lamb crucified
He now speaks.
Come unto me, he says,
Meaning the burdened
And the breakthrough you’ll get
Is his pardon.
The message is the same
To the pew and the pulpit,
Breakthrough is eternal salvation,
Not getting rich.
Stewart Russell © February 4, 2026
