BREAKING THE BARRIER OF LIMITATION INTO SUPERNATURAL INCREASE
By Rev. Samuel Arimoro
Main Text: Zechariah 4:6-7, Luke 5:4-6
Key Verse:
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts… Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain.” — Zechariah 4:6-7 (KJV)
Supporting Texts: Deuteronomy 8:18; Psalm 71:21; Isaiah 60:22; Proverbs 4:18
INTRODUCTION
Limitation is any force: spiritual, mental, physical, or circumstantial that restricts progress and confines a person below God’s ordained level. Many sincere believers love God yet struggle under invisible ceilings that hinder growth, fruitfulness, and impact. However, limitation is never God’s final verdict over a redeemed life.
Scripture clearly teaches that supernatural increase does not come by human strength, skill, or strategy alone. God specialises in intervening where human ability ends. When God steps into a situation, mountains turn into plains, emptiness becomes abundance, and scarcity gives way to overflow.
This sermon is a call to faith, obedience, and dependence on the Holy Spirit. As you engage these truths, every barrier of limitation standing between you and supernatural increase shall be broken, and you will step into God-ordained enlargement.
1. LIMITATION IS REAL BUT NOT GREATER THAN GOD
Limitation may confront believers, but it never has final authority over a life surrendered to God. God remains superior to every visible and invisible resistance.
a) Limitation can appear as a mountain (Zechariah 4:7)
Mountains symbolise intimidating obstacles that resist progress and attempt to halt destiny.
b) Human strength cannot conquer limitation (Psalm 20:7)
Reliance on human methods alone often results in frustration and repeated failure.
c) God acknowledges limitations but overrides them (Isaiah 41:10)
God does not deny challenges; He supplies strength and presence to overcome them.
d) Limitation bows to divine authority (Jeremiah 32:27)
Nothing is too hard for God when He steps into a situation with power.
Biblical Example:
Zerubbabel faced overwhelming opposition in rebuilding the temple, yet God declared the mountain before him would become a plain (Zechariah 4:6-9).
2. SUPERNATURAL INCREASE OPERATES BY THE SPIRIT
True increase is spiritual before it becomes physical. When the Spirit of God is at work, results exceed natural explanations.
Supernatural increase flows when dependence shifts from human ability to divine empowerment.
a) Increase is not by human effort alone (Zechariah 4:6)
God removes confidence in flesh so His glory may be revealed.
b) The Spirit empowers beyond limitations (Acts 1:8)
The Holy Spirit supplies capacity where weakness once existed.
c) Divine enablement produces lasting results (Psalm 127:1)
What God builds endures beyond seasons and circumstances.
d) Spiritual alignment attracts divine multiplication (Isaiah 60:22)
God turns small beginnings into mighty outcomes by His Spirit.
Biblical Example:
The early church experienced explosive growth, not by strategy alone, but by the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:41-47).
3. OBEDIENCE BREAKS THE CEILING OF LIMITATION
Obedience is a powerful spiritual key that unlocks increase and breaks stagnation.
God’s instructions may appear illogical, but they always carry supernatural results.
a) Obedience positions you for miracles (Luke 5:4)
Peter obeyed Jesus despite past failure and human reasoning.
b) Delay in obedience sustains limitation (James 1:22)
Hearing without doing keeps believers trapped at the same level.
c) Complete obedience attracts overflow (Deuteronomy 28:1-2)
Blessings follow obedience that is prompt and wholehearted.
d) Obedience releases divine surprise (Isaiah 1:19)
God rewards obedience with unexpected and accelerated increase.
Biblical Example:
Peter’s obedience produced a net-breaking, boat-sinking harvest after a night of failure (Luke 5:5-6).
4. FAITH IS THE BRIDGE FROM LIMITATION TO INCREASE
Faith is the force that connects divine promises to earthly realities.
Without faith, limitation persists; with faith, supernatural increase is activated.
a) Faith challenges visible limitations (Mark 11:23)
Faith speaks directly to mountains and commands movement.
b) Faith stretches capacity for increase (Hebrews 11:6)
God responds to those who trust Him fully and consistently.
c) Faith releases divine provision (Matthew 17:20)
Even small faith can dismantle great barriers.
d) Faith sustains growth after breakthrough (Romans 1:17)
Continuous faith preserves and multiplies what God has released.
Biblical Example:
The widow with the oil experienced multiplication because she acted in faith on prophetic instruction (2 Kings 4:1-7).
CONCLUSION
Breaking the barrier of limitation into supernatural increase is God’s will for His people. Limitation may confront you, but it cannot define you when divine power is at work. God is committed to moving His children from restriction into expansion and from struggle into surplus.
As you depend on the Spirit, obey divine instructions, and walk by faith, every invisible ceiling shall shatter. You are stepping into supernatural increase, and your testimony shall glorify God.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Father, expose and uproot every limitation hindering my progress.
2. Every mountain standing before my increase, become a plain.
3. Lord, disconnect me from reliance on human strength.
4. Release fresh grace for prompt and complete obedience.
5. Every spirit of stagnation, be destroyed by fire.
6. Father, baptise me with supernatural capacity.
7. Let divine acceleration overtake my efforts.
8. Restore every opportunity lost to limitation.
9. Activate supernatural increase in my labour.
10. Lead me into overflow that glorifies Your name.
