EMPOWERING LIVES WITH PURPOSE:
God had to break me before He could use me. He broke me of things I didn’t even know needed to be removed in my life. It wasn’t an easy process for me.
I had to be completely emptied of myself to be wholly used by God, and the process needed took time and extreme pain. I don’t believe it’s easy for any of us to walk through discomfort, but all too often and more necessary than we may understand at the time, there is greater PURPOSE.
Times these days can be tough for all of us. Our world is changing. Do you want to be used by God? A.W. Tozer said, “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.”
I had to really think this through. It goes against my grain or what my head tells me about God. But I understand what “God’s truth” tells me inside His word, and that is what got my “attention” for full surrender.
Scripture after scripture, I realized I had to be broken of my sin, my own comfort of self-consciousness, and my own self-sufficiency.
We may each experience this in different ways, but it seems to be evident we all go through times we need to surrender issues to God.
Personally, If I wanted to be used for God’s glory (and I did and still do), I had to be completely broken of myself. I had to realize the need for full surrender to God and my Savior, Jesus Christ. Through these difficult times I faced I needed to halt, be still and STOP my behavior of the wrong things I was doing. Some of us may also need to break in a good way, like dying to “self.”
Those of you who know me may have heard of my story of surrender, of repentance. It’s in two of the books put out by Women World Leaders. One book is “Surrendered, Yielded With Purpose” and the other is “Tears to Triumph.”
I share how God would need to break me in my own life that I was living before I could yield to His purpose.
I broke! I surrendered.
I gave Him my all. The best thing I ever did.
I am here to tell you I survived! I’m here to share that sometimes we must be broken of the things we love the most to be used by God for the things He has created us for. And let me be the first to say, “Oh, the endless blessings that will come from it”…
Often times we don’t even realize we must be broken. Remember, You are God’s masterpiece. (Eph.2:10) He is the artist. He will use you, but your heart must be willing to be fully surrendered and then “remolded” by Him. This comes through reading His Word, relationship, and communion with Him and then “time and change.”
I understand that through the crises we are faced with, it is hard to imagine the thought of brokenness in ourselves. But this may be the very thing God uses to get your attention and turn you around to be used POWERFULLY for Him. You are needed as a warrior princess! Are you willing to face this for Jesus, who did ALL for you?
I know God “can and will” use each of us through a time of trouble in our lives if we trust Him enough to be broken.
~Cling to this verse and its meaning, and don’t be afraid to be broken by a God who loves you more than anything; embrace it.
“For you are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus, to do the good things He prepared for us to do long ago.” (Eph. 2:10)
…it won’t always be easy and hard times are going to prove that, but it’ll be worth it. God will refine you through the challenge you face, even the one you may be in this very minute.❤
Please keep this in your mind…”Your transformation could very well happen through this tough time.”
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