A horse trainer once told me, “You have to break a horse before you can make it.”
It sounds harsh, but it’s necessary.
“Jesus wrecks a life before He saves it.” (1)
If everything in your life is falling apart, God may be in the process of remaking you.
The first step in remodeling is to complete the demo, which is short for demolition. The old as to be removed.
Have you ever tried to remove wallpaper? The wall does not yield the paper easily. Neither does your life release the ways of the flesh easily.
God’s demo work is never painless.
So how do we survive God’s remodeling.
I always return to Hebrews 4:14-16.
“Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Jesus knows suffering. His life fell apart. He was betrayed. He experienced the hatred of others. His friends deserted him. His clothes were ripped off His back. He cried out to God.
Jesus understands what you experience when your life is torn apart. This is why He is the one to come to in your time of need.
What will you find when you turn to Jesus during times of difficulty. Hebrews 4:16 promises that we will find mercy and grace to help us in the time of need!
The mercy, grace, and help is more than simply walking with you through the valley of the shadow of death. The mercy, grace, and help is the resurrection and the life.
When you are broken God can and God will make you, you will be a new creation.
Paul always talks about running the race to completion.
The broken horse is the one who wins the race.
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(1) Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest : Selections for the Year (Grand Rapids, MI: Discovery House Publishers, 1993).
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Amen! So true.