“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17)
It could
be that my brokenness, desperation, and dependence are the best things I have
going for me. It could be that they open
up great space for God to live, move, and act in and through me. Thus, maybe I should embrace them rather than
reject, avoid, or deny them.
Maybe
they are an invitation rather than an intrusion. An invitation to recognize the presence of
God, the hand of God, and the power of God amidst all the chaos. An invitation to share in the sufferings and
vulnerability of Christ, and to become more and more like him.
Maybe a
continual sacrifice of my deep brokenness and contrition makes good space for
God to do some of his best work, because it keeps me from taking up all the
space. I am emptied of my competence and
my adequacy and independence so that he can finally fill me with himself. Maybe that sacrifice keeps me where he wants
me and makes me who he wants me to be―humble, lowly, and dependent. When we don’t recognize our great need for
Jesus, we tend to take up all the space ourselves. That’s why God will never despise an offering
of a broken and contrite heart.
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