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BROKENNESS-HOW GOD VIEWS IT

Isaiah 66:1, 2; Psalm 119:65a

1. God views spiritual brokenness as the result of His own "well"-doing.

H.G. Spafford who lost all of his daughters in a shipwreck wrote:

Whatever my lot
Thou hast taught me to say;
It is well. It is well with my soul.

In Genesis 50:20 Joseph remarked upon how God views difficulty and brokenness saying, "ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good.."

God knows the selfishness of the human heart. God knows that spiritual brokenness is what the heart needs. He knows that "the only good heart is a broken heart." Jeremiah 17:9 So, God searches our heart, tries it and purifies its motivations with brokenness. Jeremiah 17:10

Psalm 51:17b The broken, contrite heart is the only kind of heart that God does not despise. Do not fight or buck the broken heart.

The story is told of a donkey who once fell down while crossing a river with a back-load of salt. When the donkey fell down in the water, some of the salt dissolved, and his load was lighter. After that the donkey thought he had learned how to out-smart his master. He would deliberately fall down in the river hoping to lighten his load.

However, the donkey tried this trick on his master once too often. One day he deliberately fell down into the river with a load of wool upon his back. To his surprise he discovered that his load wa not lighter,
But much heavier.

God sees spiritual brokenness as a good, healthy thing for us. Do not fight it or try to out-smart god. You never can.

BROKENNESS-WHAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT IT

Nothing. Nothing worthwhile. Nothing of value to God.

The unbroken, proud spirit is despised by God. Proverbs 6:17. God actually hates the proud look. The self-reliant spirit can never please God. Psalm 51:19

"Be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God [God's hand is at work in your life as it was in Joseph's], that he may exalt you in due time." I Peter 5:5,6

Jesus said, "For without Me, you can do nothing." John 15:5

Paul said, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." Galatians 2:20

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