June 5, 2008
My meditation on Psalm 51& Hosea 6:
My meditation on Psalm 51& Hosea 6:
God breaks us that we may come back to Him, by this breaking & humbling we are shown who we really are & who God really is.
Who God is: lovingly kind, full of tender mercies, just & blameless, generous
Who we are: transgressor, treacherous, sinner, evildoer, evil, robber, harlot, full of iniquity, dirty, guilty, murderer
What God wants is a heart fully dependant on Him. A heart that knows Him & seeks Him.
God wants the deepest part of us, our broken heart. But why? Why does my heart matter to God? Why does He make it so that my heart is broken? Why is a person with their heart broken running to God pleasing to Him?
Because: when you see who you really are, you're disgusted. No more lies, no more masks, this is vulnerability at its fullest. The stark contrast between you & God is so huge it makes you desperate.
God breaks us in order that we may be made in His image & clean us up. We need to be remade. When we've done all we could & we find ourselves still broken, still a mess, then we go to God & He'll take it. He can work with us now that we are mold-able & willing because now we have no choice, we have no where else to go.
A desire to be made clean not by ourselves but by God will restore us back-back to communion-back to intimacy with Him-back to where true joy is found in His presence. And there broken, frail, contrite, torn, we'll know the feeling of wholeness-completeness, newness, healing. In the place of contriteness, we serve God most.
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