Nobody likes being broken. Some Christians think that when you accept Jesus that all the bad stuff will just go away. Oh if only that was true….
Brokenness is God’s way of refining us. In 1 Peter 1:7 it says “ So that the proof of your faith, being more precious then gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in the praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
There is a new country song by the name “This ain’t nothing.” One verse it describes a guy who has lost everything in a tornado, and his response is, “This ain’t nothing.” So while he didn’t mean that his life had been turned upside down (No pun intended) he and his family were still alive. Sometimes as Christians we forget that our life on this earth is temporary. This is not our home. Our purpose isn’t to have as much fun as we can before we die. Our purpose is to be more and more like Christ, to store up treasure in heaven and to bring others to Jesus Christ. And for God to accomplish everything that he want too in us, He must do a work in us. Consequently the work that is done, often is painful or uncomfortable.
Sometimes in life we feel like God doesn’t care about our problems, or maybe he’s just not doing anything about to help us. But sometimes God is using those times to break us so he can actually work on us without all the walls we put up in the way.
Now when God is breaking us it is easy to be bitter and to have a “Why is God doing this to me” attitude. But all that’s going to do is the opposite of what God wants for you. Being bitter is easy being broken can be really hard.
So for the next 2 months I’ll be working a Christian farm up in Ft. Collins. Now while this is a job I will only have it for a short while, and I wont be able to save any money cause pretty much will all go to insurance, cell phone, gas (driving there and back every week) plus finishing paying my parents off for my last car repair. Now when my dad told me about this job I was like, no thanks. But since it was all I had. I took it. Now I could let this time go to waste not wanting to really be there and gain nothing out of this experience. Or I could use this as a time make new relationships and strengthen my relationship with Jesus.
Brokenness or Bitterness?
WWJD?
