Soooo..Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ, as always, the Lord has taught me something this morning. There is not a day that goes by, that I don't learn something new reading Gods word! I read and study out of a 'Study Bible', it explains what the versus mean at the bottom to give you a better understanding of what is being said. Today, at the bottom, there was a phrase, "Numerous people throughout Christian history have been 'BROKEN' only to reveal the great power of the Spirit of God!" I said, WOOOOOOOOWW! How true is that! Have you ever gone through a situation where you feel like you have been broken into a millions pieces? You feel like you cannot and will not get through it! I didn't even realize the calling on my life until I was broken, and gave my life over to God! Most of us wouldn't even call on the name of Jesus until we are broken, I was one of those people for sure. It wasn't until I made the decision to follow Christ, to follow the path He has laid out for me, that I realized EVERYTHING I have been through made me the person I am today! I had to be BROKEN first, and believe me I broke in MAJOR way. I found myself broken by drug and alcohol abuse, being evicted, living with different family members, and then finding myself suddenly homeless with my 3 children. No car, not a dime to my name, no where to go, my cousin driving us around looking for a shelter who would take us! I had given my life to God, and he delivered me from the drug and alcohol abuse, we were living with a relative, but all of my past sins caught up too me. You see, God forgiving you, and forgetting about everything you've done doesn't AT ALL mean that people will, that is when I found myself homeless, kicked out of where we were living, throwing what we could into garbage bags and leaving. That was by far the lowest point in my life, I was so hurt and afraid, but I knew deep, deep, down that God was going to make a way somehow! This was literally a situation where my faith was tested in a big way! I had just blogged about having ABRAHAM FAITH that very morning! (see the November 13th blog post) How God told Abraham to sacrifice his own son, how he took him up that mountain, gathered the materials, laid his son out on that alter bound. Abraham even had the knife raised in the air about to slay Isaac, when at the LAST MINUTE God stopped him, and gave him a ram in the bush! The word from that morning is what kept me together, because I knew that God always comes through, even when it seems like He will not. When it seems like its too late, or He won't show up on time, BOOM, God steps right into your situation! I just looked up some random shelter, come to find out it was an adult shelter that did not take children, but the lady volunteering that night worked for the organization that placed families in shelters! (Insert the power of the Holy Spirit in the midst of my brokeness, Gods favor on my life!) She was able to call a family shelter, and get us in, she even arranged for a taxi to drive us there. From that night, Gods power has been EVIDENT in our lives. We were placed in a shelter, but we got to live in a unit by ourselves, and not with a bunch of other families. God has given me the opportunity to go back to school, and has been a provider! MOST IMPORTANT of all, He has shown me what my purpose is! He has given me a calling, a calling to be an evangelist! This is a calling that I would have never walked in, been exposed to, or even believed if I hadn't be BROKEN! I would have never known what God had for me and my children if that shattering hadn't taken place. I would have been complacent, not grown or matured in Christ AT ALL, and I guarantee I would have relapsed and been right back to the person I used to be! FACTS! God doesn't have us go through these things to torture or punish us. (in Christ there is NO CONDEMNATION see Romans 1:17) It is to grow and mature us! It is to ultimately show His true and awesome power! If we go through our broken times the right way (i.e. praying, in worship, believing and trusting that Gods word is true, casting all your cares on God, putting all your hopes in God, following His word, having FAITH FAITH FAITH), it will reveal our PURPOSE! In order for us to live the great life God wants us to live, we have to first be BROKEN off from the old us, we have to BREAK off old habits, we have to be BROKEN off of our old way doing things! We have to allow God to BREAK the chains of addiction, and sin! We have to BREAK ourselves off of our own fleshly desires, and allow God to mold and make us! The more things that BREAK in us, the more we see the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. If you allow God to come into your life, renew your mind, and BREAK some things the better your over all life will become! You won't even have room to receive what God has for you! Please remember, God is with you in the fire, like the three Hebrew boys who were thrown in the furnace! You are never alone, go through those broken times with a praise on your lips, and a grateful heart, because you will come out as PURE GOLD! That is Gods word, that is His promise to us! God is not a man that he should lie!! Let God BREAK you so He can MAKE YOU!! I love you but GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE! Be blessed!
2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature. OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY behold ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW."
Psalms 34:18
"The Lord is close is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
Psalms 51:8
"Make me to hear joy and gladness. Let the bones which You have broken rejoice."
Psalms 147:3
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
Psalms 51:17
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."
2 Corinthians 3:17
"Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is LIBERTY"
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