You're Not Ready for the Breakthrough | What Has to Happen FIRST | Eric Thomas

Search Me, O God You’ve been praying for a breakthrough and asking God to rebuild what’s broken, but nothing seems to be changing. If you’re honest, you’re beginning to wonder why God is making you wait. In this powerful message, Dr. Eric Thomas takes us deeper into the 52 Day Challenge to reveal what must happen before the breakthrough. God is not waiting for your circumstances to line up. He is waiting for you to stop hiding. Before Nehemiah rebuilt the wall in 52 days, he spent four months sitting, weeping, mourning, fasting, praying, and seeking God. During those four months, God was not only preparing the plan. He was preparing the man. God builds the heart before He builds the wall. You can move to a new city, begin a new relationship, or start a new job, but if you carry the same heart into a new environment, the same patterns will eventually return. You cannot build something new with an old heart. Through personal testimony about learning to affirm his son, grieving what needed to die within him, and finally giving God complete access, ET reveals why many people are still waiting for change. It is not because they are not praying. It is because they are still hiding. In Genesis 3, after Adam sinned, he hid from God. God never stopped walking through the garden, but humanity stopped allowing Him complete access. David understood this when he prayed: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23–24 God must do something in you before He can do something through you. That begins when you permit Him to examine the real you: your motives, thoughts, fears, desires, habits, wounds, pride, intentions, and blind spots. Using the story of Allen Iverson and championship coach Larry Brown, ET explains how two people can love the same game but never win together because they approach it with different hearts. God is saying the same thing to us: You want My results, but you still want to play your way. You want the 52 days, but you will not give God the four months. You want the breakthrough, but you will not stop hiding. Let God search you. Let Him see how you are playing so He can coach you. Give Him full access so He can cleanse you, heal you, lead you, and make you new. IN THIS MESSAGE: → Why God builds the heart before He builds the wall → The four months of prayer, fasting, grieving, and seeking → Why lasting external change requires internal transformation → How to stop covering, concealing, and disguising what needs healing → Why God must search your heart before rebuilding your life → How to stop playing your way and surrender to God’s way KEY SCRIPTURES Psalm 139:23–24 Nehemiah 1:4 Genesis 3:10 Psalm 51:10 Proverbs 4:23 Revelation 12:11 Philippians 4:13 What part of your heart have you been afraid to let God examine? CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Being Searched 00:00:39 52 Days: God Rebuilds What Culture Destroyed 00:02:16 The Four Months Before the 52 Days 00:04:11 Internal Construction Before External Building 00:05:46 The Day I Started Crying: Grieving What Must Die 00:09:49 The Father's Affirmation: Learning to Validate My Son 00:14:12 Search Me, O God: Psalms 139 and Stopping the Hiding 00:21:18 Genesis 3: When Man Started Hiding From God 00:23:54 God Never Changed, We Did: The Truth About Sin and Hiding 00:27:44 Give God Full Access: No More Covering or Concealing 00:38:08 Allen Iverson vs Larry Brown: Two Different Hearts 00:46:12 Practice: We Don't Play the Game the Same Way 00:52:15 The Altar Call: Stop Playing Your Way, Play God's Way 00:52:41 Closing Prayer: Cleanse Us and Make Us New 00:55:10 Next Steps: Connect, Give, and Share 🔥 IF THIS HIT YOU Share it with someone who's been waiting on God to move but won't let God move in their heart. Subscribe and turn on notifications → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC 📱 Download the App → Search "APOC Ministry" in your app store 🙏 Submit a Prayer Request → Tap "Prayer" in the app 💸 Partner With Us → apocministry.org/give 📅 Join Us LIVE: Saturdays @ 11AM EST 🎤 ABOUT ERIC THOMAS — ET THE HIP HOP PREACHER Dr. Eric Thomas is a world-renowned motivational speaker, pastor, author, and educator. From homeless high school dropout to PhD, ET's story has inspired millions across the globe. Known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher, he has spoken to the NFL, NBA, F