Brokenness
April 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under Christian Character
The fifty- first Psalm tells us much of the difficulty that rebellion and sin does to our inner man. It reminds us in less than endearing ways that we have become liars and frauds by pushing an agenda not sired by the heart of God. We must be careful of every path we take, every agenda we follow, and all advice that is given. Lest we find ourselves distant from His will, continuing the journey until we have drifted away from the very will of God.
The 7th verse implores God to wash, purge and restore us to a state held before our rebellion. The writer is pleading to have the forfeited pleasures of intimacy and closeness with God restored. Without a doubt, it was sin that robbed the Psalmist of a vital connection. The statement requesting for purging was ceremonial; however, the disposition of the writer is one of genuine disturbance by the lack of a productive relationship with our God. How wonderful it is to discover the lack whenever it exists. The Bible speaks of dead works. I wish that everyone would have their conscious cleaned and cleared of the guilt of dead works and the stain it leaves. I look forward to my sin damaged conscious to be acquitted by the higher court of God’s holiness. I leaned to my own understanding and went in the wrong direction. Everything I did on that journey resulted in dead works. We were convinced that we had a good plan and an astounding idea but it was not prayed for we simply figured it out.
The Psalmist’s penitent heart can’t be mistaken. The writer of John’s epistle states
“If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.
How shall we describe this new attitude with sensitivity of the spirit as it’s main concern. It is as the Bible states “brokenness.” It is the result of a work done on and in the heart. It is humiliation and a broken heartedness not related to the despair of life. It is a heart pliable to the Word of God. It is a state of being broken from yourself, your pride, and your sin. There is no notion of arrogance for the heart is subdued and brought into obedience through humility.
As we read we discover that the sacrifices that God accepts is this very state of brokenness. It can never be self imposed but only it can be maintained through steadfastness in prayer. The very notion of protracted corporate prayer is a turn off to our flesh. The discipline of prayer is not optional in the life of believers.
Unfortunately ministry is attempted without that constant state of brokenness. To pray with the body of believes until there is blending of heart and spirit is a must. Anything else would be simply be carnal activity. There was a time in the life of man I know, that he became pleased and overwhelmed with very little. What was so note worthy is that in his past he had many possessions, and accomplishments. Yet this man became so contented with so little. He experienced the grace of brokenness and was no longer driven by things but only moved by the urging of the spirit. What about you. Do you practice brokenness?
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