"The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed
with strength." - 1 Samuel 2:4
There is
an oxymoron throughout the Bible. It says that brokenness is strength. How can
this be? How can brokenness be strength? In order to use men and women to their
fullest extent, the Lord has to break His servants so that they might have a new
kind of strength that is not human in origin. It is strength in spirit that is
born only through brokenness.
Paul was
broken on the Damascus road. Peter was broken after Jesus was taken prisoner.
Jacob was broken at Peniel. David was broken after his sin with Bathsheba. The
list could go on of those the Lord had to break in different ways before they
could be used in the Kingdom.
When we
are broken, we see the frailty of human strength and come to grips with the
reality that we can do nothing in our own strength. Then, new strength emerges
that God uses mightily. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Do not
fear brokenness, for it may be the missing ingredient to a life that emerges
with a new kind of strength and experience not known before. Pray for a broken
and contrite heart that God can bless.
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