...taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied... Matthew 14:19-20
Jesus could have broken and then blessed but He didn't, he blessed then broke.
So often we get this entitled feeling that because we are "blessed" to be called a child of God we are above being "broken," that we shouldn't have to suffer. Maybe it's the Western Christianity rearing up but I think even Paul and James both express the suffering and inconvenience that they endured for the Cross.
So often we get this entitled feeling that because we are "blessed" to be called a child of God we are above being "broken," that we shouldn't have to suffer. Maybe it's the Western Christianity rearing up but I think even Paul and James both express the suffering and inconvenience that they endured for the Cross.
The bread wasn't blessed because it was broken rather it was broken because it was blessed...
Don't avoid the adventure because it's hard...
Don't stay silent just to keep the peace...
The real question here is "IF" you are blessed are you ready and willing to be broken? He must first break us to use us so it's not a matter of if but of when...
Are you in the process of being broken but fighting it or dodging the pain instead of moving forward with the plans He has laid before you?
Or perhaps you have already experienced a great deal of brokenness and you are bitter.
Maybe just maybe we should all reflect back to the brokenness Christ displayed by taking up the cross for us? The humiliation He endured so that we might be spared the cup of wrath being poured out on us...
Are you in the process of being broken but fighting it or dodging the pain instead of moving forward with the plans He has laid before you?
Or perhaps you have already experienced a great deal of brokenness and you are bitter.
Maybe just maybe we should all reflect back to the brokenness Christ displayed by taking up the cross for us? The humiliation He endured so that we might be spared the cup of wrath being poured out on us...
Anyways just a thought...
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