Psalm 51:17 (NKJV) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart- These, O God, You will not despise.
Did you know that God can’t use us until we are broken before Him? Sounds kind of backwards, doesn’t it?
In the world, we’re taught that we have to be positive, powerful and sure of ourselves. Self esteem takes the lead when it comes to how we’re told we are supposed to be built up, self-sufficient and prepared for any kind of leadership or victory.
In reality, though, God teaches us quite the opposite. God wants us to be broken and contrite before Him. He want us to lay ourselves down at His feet in all of our frailty and failure and let Him pick us up and put the broken pieces of our fragile selves back together.
You see, until we are broken, we can never be made whole by God’s spirit. If we are broken before God, we are humble and admitting that we need His strength. If we are unbroken, we are full of pride and ego, thinking that we don’t need anybody.
How do we become broken before Him? The verse above says that we need to have a contrite heart.
Contrite: feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming
Once we learn to admit our sins and shortcomings, we will become broken. Then God can begin to put us back together the way He wants us to be and then He can begin to use us for His glory, shining His light through us.
It is good to be strong, but our strength needs to come from our Creator and not from within ourselves.
Let Him pick you up and put the broken pieces back together His way.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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