There’s a realm of delay that shows up right before the breakthrough is born. It’s not because you missed it. It’s not because God said no. It’s because you’re in the birth canal of breakthrough, and the enemy knows it. So he pushes back harder. He resists. He distracts. He delays. Why? To try to get you to abort the promise before it ever manifests.
In the spirit, birth always comes with warfare.
The contractions are spiritual. The resistance is real. But God is saying, “Shall I bring you this far and not cause the delivery?” No! God didn’t bring you to this birthing moment to leave you stuck in the canal. He’s the Author and the Finisher.
The Final Push is the Fiercest
The pressure increases right before the breakthrough. Ask any woman who has labored in childbirth—it’s the final push that requires the most focus, the most strength, the most groaning, the most travail.
Likewise, in the spirit, you often feel the most pain right before the promise is born. You face exhaustion, confusion, even doubt. That’s the strategy of the spirit of delay: to convince you that nothing’s coming, that the pain is for nothing, that you’ve misheard God.
But you haven’t.
This is not the time to retreat. This is the time to PUSH—Pray Until Something Happens.
Don’t Abort the Breakthrough
Many abort their breakthrough right in the birth canal. They grow weary in well-doing. They let discouragement override faith. They stop praying too soon. And the enemy smiles as delay gains ground.
But Isaiah 66:9 is your promise: God will not bring you to the moment of birth and shut the womb. If God has called it forth, it must come forth. But it requires spiritual cooperation. It requires travailing prayer, focused intercession, and militant faith.
This is the moment to partner with the Spirit in groanings that cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26). This is where midwives of the Spirit arise. This is where watchmen cry out. This is where the gates of delay break open under the weight of persistent prayer.
The Travail Anointing
Travail is more than intercession—it’s birthing. It’s not polished, it’s not cute, and it’s not quiet. It’s messy. It sounds like desperation. It sounds like victory in progress. When Zion travails, she brings forth (Isaiah 66:8). Not maybe—she brings forth.
If you’re in the birthing canal, you’re in the right place. Don’t back out now. Don’t stop pushing. Don’t let the devil whisper “delay” in your ears. Rebuke it. Renounce it. Push until the promise breaks through.
Decree: I will not abort what God is birthing in my life. I break agreement with delay. I PUSH in prayer until breakthrough bursts forth. I decree a full-term delivery of my destiny in Jesus’ name!