Monday, June 28, 2010

broken bodies?

So I just preached yesterday on the fact that we are not our own, we were bought with a price. With the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross our salvation was purchased so as believers our bodies are not our own. Now, repeatedly Paul addresses the fact that we are to live lives that bring glory to God. to live our lives in a way that is pleasing to Him.
That's all great but there is one step we forget about quite often. Brokenness. There's a christian song that starts out "Broken I come to you for I know you satisfy."
Brokenness is important, it was important in old testament times as it was in new testament times and today as well. You cannot offer your life, your soul, your all to God until there is a point where you come to Him broken. Completely humbled, and sometimes God allows things into our lives that humble us and break us and other times we need to see this need for ourselves.
Leviticus 6:21 " Prepare it with oil on a griddle; bring it well mixed and present the grain offering in broken pieces as a aroma pleaseing to teh Lord.
There you have it, every offereing lifted up to God in the old testament days was to be broken into pieces before it was offered up. How much of you was whole and how much was broken when you started offering yourself up to God? What is it that you need to do to become broken?
The best thing for you to do is focus on Christ and His sacrifice because He was more than broken when He was hung on a cross and crucified. How broken are you? How broken were you? What would it take for that pride of yours to be completely thrown away you be made vulnerable, vulnerable to God's mercy and grace?
Thanks for reading and have a great day!

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