O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Psalms 139:1-3
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God loves our brokenness. Why? Because it is through our brokenness where He can begin to ‘FIX‘ us. God will
- F ocus on what is right in us, He will help us build our character to be a reflection of Him
- I ntends to heal us and will use us as
- eX amples of His great love and mercy
God will make our sins as if they were not and will use our new life for His glory. We need to be willing to walk in His ways without fear (Romans 3:21-31). God will be with us and guide us along His path to righteousness. Paul tells us that he was ready for the end of his life when he would receive his crown.
…in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day;
and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
2 Timothy 4:8
Paul lived his life for God and knew it would be hard. He did not falter from his path in order to show and tell people of Jesus’ great love.
God will heal us from our past wounds, our past experiences. Some of those may be a result of a curse in our family history. Or it could be a result of our own disobedience to one of His commandments. An example would be if we have not honored our parents. We do not have to agree with how they live, or what they do, but we still have to give them honor for who they are in our lives. Through grace God can restore those relationships to ones of tolerance and acceptance of who our parents are.
Also, God can use our past to help others to see Him as our Redeemer. We can know that God will soften our hearts to forgive ourselves and use our lives to win others with similar situations to Him. We just have to be willing. We have to allow ourselves to be molded and shaped into what God can use. We will not be perfect; we are human. But God can use our humanity to reach those who are unsaved. Just as we have the example of Samson and David, we will be able to reach others with our lives and how God redeemed us from our path of sin and unrighteousness.
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Father, thank You for loving my brokenness. I ask that You continue to take away my sins and use me for Your glory and to further Your kingdom. Thank You for not tossing me aside as dross and for choosing to use me to tell others of Your great love. Thank You! In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen!
