Running Into the Breach: What God Is Calling Us to Do Right Now

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There's a moment in every battle when someone has to decide: do I run away from the breach, or do I run toward it? I believe we are living in that moment right now — and I believe God is calling us to run.

This past Sunday, I kicked off something I've been building toward for two and a half years. It started on a plane when a friend texted me a Bible verse and said, "I think this is what God is raising up your church to be in this generation." The verse was Isaiah 58:12:

"And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt, and you shall raise up the foundations of many generations. You shall be called the repairer of the breach and the restorer of the streets to dwell in."

That phrase — repairer of the breach — has lived in my bones ever since. I want to unpack what it means for you, your family, and our church right now.

What Is a Breach — and Why Does It Matter?

A breach is a military term. It's the spot where an enemy penetrates your defenses. Wherever they break through — that's the breach.

Here's what I need you to understand: we have a real enemy, and he has a real strategy. John 10:10 puts it plainly:

"The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it to the full."

The enemy's entire playbook is three moves: steal, kill, destroy. He finds the weak spot in your defenses — in your marriage, your faith, your finances, your family — and he gets a foothold. And if you let it go, that foothold becomes a stronghold, and that stronghold becomes a chokehold, and it starts killing you.

I've watched it happen. Maybe you've felt it happen in your own life.

But here's the other side of that verse. Jesus says, I came that they may have life. Not cash and prizes. Not comfort and ease. Jesus himself is the life. And anything he asks you to do — even if it looks like a sacrifice — will always and only lead to life.

The Moment We're Living In

I want to be honest with you about the world our kids are inheriting. The statistics are sobering: 73% of the rising generation reports experiencing crippling loneliness. Suicide rates are at their highest since World War II. Millions of young people have walked away from the church.

When I look at those numbers, I see a generation with massive breaches in the walls.

But here's what I also see: Bible sales are up over 40% since 2022. Church attendance among young people is increasing for the first time in a generation. Something is stirring. I believe we are standing at an inflection point — either the greatest apostasy in church history, or the greatest revival. And part of what happens next depends on what we do.

We are either facing the greatest apostasy in church history or we are facing the greatest revival. And part of that depends on what we do running forward in faith.

Running Toward It, Not Away From It

One of my favorite movies is The Patriot. I watch it every July 3rd with my kids. There's a scene near the end — the Battle of Cowpens — where the good guys are getting routed. The enemy breaches their defenses and everyone starts running away.

Then one man turns around.

He grabs the flag, runs straight at the breach, and screams, "Hold the line!" And because one person had the courage to run toward the hard thing instead of away from it, the battle turns.

Isaiah 58:12 doesn't say you'll be called the worrier about the breach. It doesn't say the critic of people trying to fill the breach. It says you shall be called the repairer of the breach. That requires actually running toward something.

Teddy Roosevelt said it this way in his famous "Man in the Arena" speech: "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood — who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly."

That's the invitation in front of us.

This Is Personal Before It's Global

I want to be clear about something. Yes, this is about the breaches in our culture and our world. But honestly? I'm maybe even more passionate about the breach in your life.

So here are the two questions I'm asking you to sit with over these next several weeks:

Question 1: Where is the place in my life that the enemy has broken in? Not in the abstract — in your actual life. The relationship that's falling apart. The addiction you keep quiet. The depression you don't talk about. The place where you look and think, it's such a mess, I don't even want to think about it.

Question 2: What am I doing to repair the breach — not just for me and my family, but for generations to come?

That second question matters because the passage says generations. What you do in your day has implications for your grandchildren and their generation. Jesus himself said in Luke 16:9 to "use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourself, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings." He's saying: use what you have right now to change people's eternal destinations. There will come a day when you step into glory and people you've never met will find you and say, "Thank you. Because of what you did, I'm here."

Will You Run With Me?

I'm asking you to take this journey — all of it — with open hands and an open heart. Just begin by asking: God, what do you want to do in my life and through my life?

And then do whatever he tells you to do.

If you're willing to be open to whatever God asks — to heal the breach in your life, your family's life, and in the world — then I want to pray this over you:

Heavenly Father, may there be areas of our lives that we have kept hidden from you, that by the end of this journey we would say with truth: You, Jesus Christ, are before all things, and in you all things in my life hold together. In Jesus' crucified and risen name. Amen.

Watch the full sermon at lakepoint.church/itb-playlist, and if you want to go deeper, join us for the next several weeks as we continue this series together. And if there's a breach in your life you're carrying alone, reach out — we would love to pray with you.

Social Media Excerpt (Facebook/Instagram): The enemy has one playbook: steal, kill, and destroy. He finds the weak spot in your defenses and gets a foothold. But Isaiah 58:12 says you shall be called the repairer of the breach — not the worrier, not the critic, but the one who actually runs toward it. That's the invitation in front of us right now. Read this week's message and ask yourself: where is the place in my life the enemy has broken in?

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