April 10, 2008, 8:51 am
Filed under: All things Church | Tags: church, religion, church planting, craig groeschel, broken, better life, God
Filed under: All things Church | Tags: church, religion, church planting, craig groeschel, broken, better life, God
Craig Groeschel wrote this post and it really messed with me. I can remember times in my life where, at the time it didn’t look this way, but times that God was truly breaking me. He has molded me…and it doesn’t always feel good. But, he does it in such a way that you draw closer to Him…and you are more useable for His service.
Are you willing to pray the most dangerous prayer that you can? If, you are then read further.
Enjoy!
God rarely (if ever) uses good things to break you. The “breaking” is painful.
On the other side of brokenness, you’ll find many blessings:
- The problems that used to seem big barely register as problems in your world.
- People’s opinions of you don’t mean nearly as much.
- You fully embrace that you “don’t have enough.” Then—and only then—can God become everything you need.
- You discover an intimacy with God that sustains you moment by moment.
- Scripture becomes the bread that nourishes you.
- Heaven becomes closer. This world doesn’t hold you as tightly.
If God is breaking you, I feel for you. I also know that on the other side, you’ll find strength and comfort in the presence of God greater than you’ve ever known.
How can you relate?
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I can remember SO many times begging God to use me & tell me what it was that He wanted me to do, but I don’t think any of us are prepared for what happens when we ask those things. I know I wasn’t!
Comment by Dawn Barthelette April 10, 2008 @ 2:23 pmIn life, we build these walls around ourselves to protect ourselves from certain situations based on things we have been through. Unfortunately though, in order for God to use us to the extent that He wants to, not only do those walls need to be broken down, but WE need to be broken down. It’s so hard and it’s so painful to go through because you’re being confronted with things you are not comfortable with and would much rather NOT deal with, but we can either run from it and stay where we are, or we can let Him break us, draw closer to Him, rely on Him for the strength to get through it, and allow Him to mold us.
How much God can use us depends on US.