Brokenness

Isa 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted… 

Broken. It’s one word that best describes the world and the human condition. Yet, many of us, if not, most of us do not know that we are. We live in a generation that believes “all is well.” We are trained to “think positive.” However, it diminishes man’s sense of truth and the ability to confront it. Hence, our generation finds it virtually impossible to accept this — “I am broken.”

Why do we not want to accept this? Is it because broken people appear weak, and we are expected to be “strong”? Is it because we are afraid no one will help us? Is it because we hardly hear people talk about this, and it would make us appear… different? Is it because we don’t seem to have a human solution for brokenness, and the people who seem to have figured it out offers a God solution?

What if we really are broken and what we need is a God solution?

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