You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. –Psalm 51:16-17
A lot of people don’t know or have never been introduced to the God that the Bible talks about. In other words, there are many misconceptions about who God is. On the other hand, it has always been my belief that once a person gets an accurate and full picture of who God is, they will yield their lives to Him. You see, God is a God who inspires us to worship and serve.
One of the snapshots of God that means the most to me and many others is that the God we worship and serve is a Healer of the broken. Brokenness is something that we all have experienced in life. That’s why we need to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is the Healer of broken hearts, lives, emotions and people. In fact, sometimes it is God Himself who leads us to brokenness.
Sooner or later, every person who wants to seriously follow Jesus must face the fact that God is going to have to allow something to break you so that you will let go of the stubborn vice grip you have on your own heart and life. In order for God to guide you the way He wants, you’re going to have to be broken. You are going to have to be broken from self-reliance in order for God to heal and restore you to the place where your trust and reliance is on Him.
Brokenness is God’s way of moving you into a new identity and a new life. Because God is the Healer of the broken, you can trust Him to put you back together when you’ll never be able to put yourself together on your own.
GOING DEEPER:
1. How much of your life do you withhold or even withdraw from God’s hand? How much of your life or your plans do you dare not relinquish to God?
2. How deeply are you broken? In what aspect of you life does God need to break you more?
FURTHER READING:
Psalm 51; Luke 14:25-35; Galatians 5:22-23