In our brokenness, we may hear that we aren’t enough, not worthy, abandoned, betrayed, and the many more Satan tries to spew out and into our minds, But realize you are enough, you are worthy, you are loved, secured and restored.
“He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” -Psalm 23:3
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” -Psalm 34:18
When I was struggling with experiences, that nearly destroyed my life. I was lead to this scripture., it still remains one of my favorites.
“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.” -Joel 2:25
Where there is Jesus there is peace.
Have you ever noticed when you are going through difficult situations in your life, we always resort back to your old ways? Maybe some of these are coping mechanisms that we lean on our own knowledge and strength.
Yet, in reality we are delaying the obvious, and that is nothing will change if we keep repeating the same cycle over and over.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results,
Albert Einstein
Brokenness is a place where God can come into our lives and lead us into His strength and His understanding. I wonder sometimes how people can operate daily with God.
Jesus never promised us peace in this life. He only promises the peace He can give you whether you are happy or sad.
In James 1:2-4 the Bible says to “count it all Joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
So while we are in these trials and struggles, we are to find joy in them. Now doesn’t that seem impossible? Why should I find joy in my struggles?
What purpose is there for me to be experiencing and enduring this situation that has only caused me pain?
In Romans 5 teaches us that we have been declared righteous by faith, and we have peace with God through Jesus. We have also obtained access to God through faith into grace in which we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And that we also rejoice in our affliction, because we know that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Sprit to was given to us.
Is your brokenness leading to Christ? Or is it leading you astray? Oftentimes we go back to our own ways because of shame, guilt, and even anger because that is what our flesh desires us to do.
God can not restore you if your not willing to let Him take care of you. I think of how many times a picked back up all the pain, and sorrow that I just kept pushing it down deeper to try and hide it.
When we refocus on the path that God had for us (Matthew 18:12-24). Yes, it sometimes takes the forgiveness of others and of ourselves. We can expect God to restore our life if we won’t give Him access to our pain.
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels, not rulers, nor things present nor things to come, not powers, not height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38-39
The Lord is the Father of mercies and God of all affliction. Will just have to refuse to pick up our pain and struggle after we have given it to God. We share an abundance of Christ’s sufferings, and we can share abundantly in His comfort too.
From Pity to Praise 