Good Morning Sunshine! Let The Undercurrent Of God’s Grace Carry You To The Place Of Breakthrough!

Isaiah 43:2 (KJV) ~ “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”

There are seasons in life where it feels like we’re barely keeping our head above water, seasons of uncertainty, heartbreak, transition, and testing. You often expect God to calm the storm around you, but sometimes He chooses to guide you through the storm instead, using the undercurrent to direct you to your next destination.  The “undercurrent”, those hidden, strong, often unseen movements beneath the surface, can feel like they’re dragging you under. But what if God was using that very force to transport you to the place of your next breakthrough? 

When you feel out of control, unable to anchor yourself, and overwhelmed by life’s waves, you must remember this, the water is under His authority!  Just like Jonah, what took you down is not what will keep you down. The fish was never Jonah’s prison; it was God’s provision to redirect him. You may have gone under, but you’re not going to drown. You’re being repositioned. Where you went under is not where you are going to come up. God often allows you to be submerged in unfamiliar or uncomfortable environments to shed what can’t go with you into the next season! 

The location of your surrender is not the same as your emergence. In other words, you may have cried out to God in one place, but you’re going to rise in another, stronger, wiser, more surrendered. Like Moses hidden in the bulrushes or Joseph lowered into the pit, the descent was not the final destination. God allows moments of being hidden beneath the surface to work humility, transformation, and clarity within you. He’s not just changing your position; He’s changing your posture. You will emerge, but not as the same person who went under. You’re coming up with revelation, restoration, and renewal that only the depth of God could produce.

The force that tried to break you is the same one God will use to build you! That undercurrent, the emotional pressure, the spiritual warfare, the loss, the confusion, was never meant to be the end. It was a divine transport. It was the move of the Spirit beneath the chaos. Romans 8:28 reminds us that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” You may have thought you were being buried, but you were being planted. That season didn’t destroy you; it developed you. Every tear sown in sorrow is coming up in strength! 

You thought the detour was a delay, but it was a divine disguise. The hands of God were under you the whole time, carrying you through what you couldn’t carry yourself through. There is a place called resurfacing. And when you come up, you’ll come up in a new direction, on a new shore, with new strength. Just as Jesus came walking on what once overwhelmed the disciples, God is calling you to rise and walk on the very thing you feared! 

Peter went under when he looked at the storm, but Jesus didn’t let him drown, He reached beneath and pulled him up. You’re not rising alone; the hand of God is lifting you. He knows exactly where you are, even when you feel lost beneath the pressure. Psalm 139:9-10 declares, “If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me.” The Lord’s hand is the undercurrent, moving, guiding, and upholding you.

This season might have felt like survival, but God is turning it into revival. Where you thought you would drown in disappointment, He’s bringing you up in destiny. The fear that tried to silence your voice is now the fuel that will activate your victory! Your cry didn’t go unheard; it activated the heavens. The enemy may have watched you go under and assumed it was over. But resurrection is coming. You are rising in power, in clarity, and with fresh oil. The oil flows from the crushing, and the deeper the press, the greater the glory. You didn’t just survive the storm; you’ve been changed by it. The waves didn’t wash away your purpose, they revealed it! 

Don’t despise the undercurrent. It’s the silent escort of grace. You weren’t left to drift without direction. Every pull, every tug, every twist beneath the surface was attached to your promise. Just as Jesus told His disciples to cast their net on the other side, sometimes you must be repositioned to receive what’s already been prepared. God didn’t forget about you in the deep. The deeper He took you, the more He was preparing to reveal through you. Now, as you come up and out, don’t return to shallow living. Let this depth mark your walk. Let it deepen your faith. Let it shift your prayers and renew your fire.

What you thought would consume you has consecrated you. What you thought was an ending is the entrance into a new anointing. The river may have risen, but it did not sweep you away. You are proof that grace flows even beneath the surface. You are coming up in a new place, with a new name, a fresh wind, and a mantle of purpose that can only be carried by those who’ve been through the deep. So, rise, not in fear, but in faith. Rise, not in shame, but in strength. Rise, not alone, but with the Hand of God still wrapped around you!

Let’s Pray:

Father, I bless Your Holy Name, because even when I felt like I was drowning, You never left my side. You are the God who goes beneath the surface. You are not just the Master of the mountain, but the God of the depths. Thank You for being with me in the waters that rose around me and for speaking peace to the storm inside of me. Thank You that what felt like the end was only the beginning of a new direction. I praise You for every wave that didn’t take me out but taught me how to trust You even the more. You didn’t allow me to go under to destroy me, but to develop me. You were using the undercurrent to break the chains, cleanse my heart, strip off the weights, and redirect me into purpose. Lord, I now understand that where I went under in sorrow, I will come up in strength. Where I sank in fear, I will rise in faith. Where I cried out in confusion, I will rise in clarity. Let the water that was once a place of weakness now become a witness of Your power. You are the God who causes all things to work together for my good (Romans 8:28). You took what the enemy meant for evil and turned it into the current of my calling. I now submit to the pull of Your Spirit, even when I don’t understand the direction. Lead me by Your undercurrent of Grace. Carry me where my feet cannot take me and build in me what the surface could never produce. Father, I declare now that the deep has not defeated me, it has defined me. You have reshaped me, renewed me, and restored what I thought was lost. I repent for the times I resisted the process, for questioning the purpose of the deep, and for trying to swim back to comfort when You were leading me into calling. Father, forgive me for fearing what was meant to forge me. Lord, sanctify this journey through the waters, and use every scar as a sign that I passed through what should have consumed me. Just as You were with Israel at the Red Sea and with Daniel in the lion’s den, I know You were with me in every dark place, every silent moment, and every overwhelming tide. Thank You, Father, that I am not surfacing the same. I’m rising with oil that only the deep can press out. I’m rising with a mantle of authority forged in surrender. I’m rising with a deeper hunger for Your Presence and a sensitivity to the sound of Your Voice. I’m rising with strength to lead, to testify, to heal, and to build. Your word declares in Isaiah 43:2 that when I pass through the waters, You will be with me, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow me. I stand on that promise. I declare that I am walking into the place You designed for me, carried by Your Grace and clothed in Your Glory. Anoint my feet to walk in unfamiliar places with confidence. Let me never settle again for shallow living. Teach me how to navigate with discernment and never let me forget that it was You who sustained me beneath the surface. I surrender the memory of where I went under, and I release the fear that still tries to hold me captive. I declare that shame has no voice in this new season. I break agreement with every lie I believed in the deep and fully align myself with Your truth. I prophesy over my life: I am coming up free. I am coming up healed. I am coming up mantled. I am coming up whole. Father, cover me in the current of Your Presence. Wash over me with waves of wisdom. Baptize me again in fire and purpose. Let me never be the same. Use my story for Your Glory. Let the world see a testimony rising from the waters. Where I went under in weakness, I am coming up in power. I seal this prayer in the Name of the One who walks on water and lifts me from the depths, Jesus Christ, the Living Word, my Anchor and my Deliverer. In Jesus Christ Name, I pray. Amen!

Blessings…

Love, Dr. Jean