Sunday, December 9, 2012

Be Broken


“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalms 34:18)

We associate brokenness as being fragile, insignificant, injured, worthless, and damaged. If something is broken, we want to return it and exchange it for one that isn’t damaged, or simply throw it out. When we think of ourselves as failures or disappointments, we feel worthless and of no value to anyone. But not all things that are broken should be tossed! Brokenness is the means by which God achieves some of His inmost work within our hearts. He uses the breaking process to change, reinforce, and bless us. The point of our brokenness is to draw us nearer to God; He takes our brokenness and makes us valuable for Him.

      “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”    (2 Corinthians 12:10)

We are all guilty at some point of acting independently and doing things our way. When we are strong in skills or resources we are tempted to do things our way instead of Gods way. But when we are broken we stop long enough to listen. Just like Peter, who was a spontaneous, independent and rebellious disciple, we have to be broken and transformed in order for God to get our attention and allow Him to fill us with His power and make us effective for Him. God decides what we need in order to grow and develop.

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)

Brokenness is the dying of our flesh (our pride, resistance, and self-will) through anguish, test and trials. It is our humble response to God and complete repentance; because when we are broken we are depending on less of us and more of Him! As the Lord works at breaking our independence on self, we are free to depend on Him as we engage in obedient action. It is a change of life style of agreeing with God and completely surrendering to Him, and when we experience this total submission we are not the same after going through it; because true brokenness begins a transformation in us.

“God indeed saves me; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and HE saves me.” Isaiah 12:2

Sometimes we need to allow to be broken, because if something is not changed in our lives we will not be what we should or could be! God’s intervention and direction is what strengthens our lives; He is the only one that can fix everything. He will push us to our limit and require our lives to be disciplined as we draw on His strength and push on to victory. It is never too late to find God’s healing for our brokenness!





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21 comments:

  1. You captured the essence of brokenness so well Denise. As humans we value being strong and whole but we truly find that in our brokenness before God.

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  2. It's true.He is close to the brokenhearted. He comoforts like nothing else can and I'm so glad I found that out. Praying everyone discovers this. Hope your week is awesome.

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    1. Thanks Sarah; I hope you have an awesome week, too!

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  3. My grace...sufficient! I love how God has His people ready to do His will in encouraging others. This was so good, but those words were what I needed to hear. Sufficient grace!

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    1. Love that word...GRACE! We are so blessed; aren't we? Blessings Pamela!

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  4. Could not of put it any better Denise. Thank you for sharing. Hugs.

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    1. Hugs to you my friend; hope your week is going strong!

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  5. Wow Denise, well said. His grace is sufficient for us. When we are week, He is strong. I want to be lifted up by God, not lift myself up with pride. If I am not broken, then my pride sets in and I walk on my own strength.
    Blessings,
    Ken

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    1. Thanks Ken; as always your comments make me smile. Blessings back to you!

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  6. Only in God's economy would the breaking process produce something more beautiful than the original! The journey of brokenness is difficult, but the joy of knowing His sufficient grace is worth it. Thanks for writing so beautifully about brokenness.
    Thank you for stopping by!
    Blessings to you ~ Mary

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    1. Yes; complete joy! Blessings to you too, Mary!

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  7. That is one of my favorite verses! Hope you are doing well. Been out of the blogging loop for awhile and miss my readings.

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    1. Glad to see you back Deb; I hope all is well with you too my friend!

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  8. Visiting from the blog hop! Love the pictures!

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  9. Hi Denise
    What truth we often need to hear. Yes, our Pappa works in different ways than us ... Beauty out of ashes .... Strength out of weakness. May I add wholeness out of brokenness?
    Thank you for a thoughtful post.
    Hugs XX
    Mia

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    1. Love what you said in your comment Mia; so true...His thoughts are surely not our thoughts! :) Hugs back to you! :)

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  10. Hi Denise, I really needed those scriptures today. I have been trying way too much to do stuff in my own strength. God bless lovely lady
    Tracy

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    1. Yes; we are often guilty of that Tracy! Blessings back to you!

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  11. Amen..."The point of our brokenness is to draw us close to God." So true, my friend! So true!

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  12. I hope that those broken directly by the Connect. tragedy will experience God's presence in ways they never thought possible. Broken hardly seems adequate, you know? Sister, I love your heart . . . I am so blessed by your friendship and encouragement and we have so much to be thankful for.

    Well, I'm in the middle of moving . . . truck comes tomorrow! :O So, I will wish you a VERY MERRY Christmas and hope I can get into the blogging world more regularly this New Year. I pray for your joy and peace always,
    Love and BIG hugs,
    Cherie

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