Why do we not see things broken as a possibility in the Hand of God?Today, I was reminded by the Spirit of God that HE needs me to be broken in His Hands.
When I read the Word of God today, He broke me. He gently broke my spirit.
It's funny, isn't it when we people run only to the food that give us comfort? Is that the same way we are with God's Word? Do we love God Word only when it comforts us?
How much do we love God's word when it rebukes, corrects and trains us ( 2 Tim.3:16 )?
I liken this to the food we eat.
Ice cream and cookies and coffee and all the things that taste good to us, we eat.
We don't run to the kitchen to make broccoli, fish, other sorted vegetables, and consume them like we love them. Do we?
Jesus said HE is the bread of Life. We need to go to Him. The Word and consume His Words, even if what we read may taster bitter to us or give us a bad taste in our mouth.
When we eat the foods we may not like,( but the better ones for us ), we may get an upset stomach or have to run to the bathroom more often. =)
hmmm...interesting...the foods that make us do this, don't they clean us out?
Well, I think that is the way God's word works. So often, the "not- so- good -tasting- scripture" "cleans" us out or breaks us down.
We become broken vessels, able to be used by God.
Until we are broken, there is nothing in us able to be used by God.
In this broken state the Lord has provided for me today, I am reminded in
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
~ that God's grace is sufficient for me. His power is made perfect in my weakness. I will boast about my broken state ( my weakness ) so that Christ's power may rest on me. This is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak ( broken ), then I am strong. ~
Reminded today, I was not happy when my youngest daughter broke my salt & pepper shakers from Spain (a gift from my husband )
Broken things are a gift. Until I can see that, and stop and respond to God, I will be unhappy with many things and not concerned with the most important. JESUS
This broken vessel ( me ) is resting in my Maker's Hands today.
So true! Amen sister! Psalm 119:71-80
ReplyDeleteIt was good for me to be afflicted
so that I might learn your decrees.
The law from your mouth is more precious to me
than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
Your hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding to learn your commands.
May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,
for I have put my hope in your word.
I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
May your unfailing love be my comfort,
according to your promise to your servant.
Let your compassion come to me that I may live,
for your law is my delight.
May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause;
but I will meditate on your precepts.
May those who fear you turn to me,
those who understand your statutes.
May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees,
that I may not be put to shame.