Broken to bless others
We are reluctant to bear
Trials and sufferings,
But they are testings
Which GOD permits,
To draw us closer to HIM.
Unless we die to Self-will,
We will be unable to understand HIS HOLY WILL;
Driven by our Self-love and Self-interest,
The basic nature of PRIDE and EGO in us
We cannot truly love GOD or others!
Something GOD desires we do.
CHRIST wants to open our eyes
To the pitfalls of going our own way;
HE wants to show us the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE
Which leads back to eternal joy with HIM.
Until the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
It cannot bear fruit,
So until Man’s character has been transformed by GOD
Until he learns the truth that
GOD does not want sacrifices and burnt offerings
But a clean and contrite heart,
He cannot bear moral and spiritual fruit
God cannot use him to serve others.
When GOD tests us beyond our ability to handle
Then we realise our human frailty,
Then we realise the limits of our strength;
Brokeness leads us to turn to CHRIST.
We learn to depend on HIS STRENGTH,
We depend on HIM for loving support,
CHRIST becomes PRE-EMINENT in our lives
Our world revolves around HIM, no longer ourselves!
Christ, who may be distant before, becomes our reality,
We begin to see HIS awesome power
HE becomes our defender and shield,
HE becomes our personal Comforter;
HIS HOLY SPIRIT guides us into all truths
HIS angels are sent to help and assist
GOD becomes REAL in our daily life!
Like bread that is broken, LORD
Use our lives to help others;
Brokeness is essentialfor growing in spiritual maturity;
Our selfish hard heart has to be softened
To empathise and feel for others;
It has to be moistened with tears
It has to be nutured with faith and hope;
It has to be disciplined with pruning
By a loving Father,
It has to be trained with power of endurance;
Our heart has to be cleansed by CHRIST”s redeeming blood
It has to be fortified with stronger faith.
Broken to accommodate CHRIST GOD
Our heart has to become HIS sacred sanctuary
The temple of the LIVING GOD!
Remember, when we share in the sufferings of CHRIST,
We also share in HIS GLORY.
By Shirley Lau