ARE YOU BROKEN DOWN OR BROKEN IN?

The world is full of broken people. No one escapes the brokenness that sin causes us. Lives, families, communities, towns, cities, and nations are all involved in breaking and destroying, no matter how hard some try to stop the rot.

Why is our world so broken, in the first place? The Bible offers the only explanation for the world’s pain and suffering. It’s called “sin”, but what is sin?

God created a perfect pair and gave them a perfect home. He gave them everything they needed and asked only one thing of them, to love Him by obeying His instructions. “Just don’t try to go it alone. You’ll never make it!”
So, what they do? They decided to leave God out of their lives and make their own rules. The result is very real everywhere today. Brokenness!

Does God care about our brokenness? Has He done anything to fix the mess we have made for ourselves? Yes, He does care,

Psalms 34:18 NLT
[18] The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

and yes, He paid the terrible debt of sin Himself. He came as a human to take the death penalty Himself.

Isaiah 53:4-5 NLT
[4] Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his wn sins! [5] But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

All He asks of us is to come back to Him and start again. He has forgiven our sin, cancelled our debt and restored us to His family. “Now,” He says, “you must show your love for me by obeying my instructions.”

That’s the brokenness that heals our brokenness. Like a wild young stallion that is “broken in” so that it learns to submit to the rider, so we are broken in to submit to Jesus as Lord, our Supreme Authority.

Psalms 51:16-17 NLT
[16] “You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. [17] The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.”

So, the question we must all answer is, “Are you still broken down or are you broken in?”