Broken for Him

Lord, break my heart for what breaks Yours.
This has been the cry of my heart for a long time. To be broken for Jesus.
And, He has. He has given me such a passion for others, I just can't describe. When I pray, I am compelled to fall on my knees and cry out for those who are hurting. I am by no means perfect, and too many times I place my needs above the needs of others. But, by God's grace, I will have the heart of my Saviour!

There are people everywhere who just seems so perfect, always happy and chipper; but dig a little deeper, and everyone has a sore spot in their lives.

This truly hit home as I was leading a Bible Study at my school. It was the first week, so most of the time we were chillaxin, and getting to know each other. Of course, there were the people who had a sort of "stigma" attatched to their names, people you associated with "good" or "bad". But at the end, we went around in a circle to pray. And each and every one of these people opened up in ways I had never known before. One girl's mom had cancer, another guy's dad was dying in the hospital. One had such a heart for his broken family, and it went on. No matter who these people were, they had this sense instilled in them that they could and should talk to God about it. And I had been so blind, to look at them by their social status, rather than as real people with real needs.

Being broken for Him implies digging past the surface of people you meet. Imagine a pot dropping to the ground. The little shards and fragments fly everywhere, embedde themselves in any surface that they can. That's how we should be! Everytime we get broken, don't sweep the shards up and put them in a big pile, hoping to get your "heart" back to how it was. Sure it hurts! But put yourself in every situation. Get deep into where you've fallen in God's hands! Because, I promise you, God will pull you out when and if the time comes.

To be broken for Him means to be selflessly faithful; to not let your fear of going to the point of no return overcome your faith in the sweet blessings of it. Because, it also means going past that point of no return. When you let God have ahold of your heart, things will never be the same. But they'll be oh-so much better!

To have your heart broken for God is no walk in the park. It requires a daily commitment to delve yourself into the depths of God. It means hard times mey still come and go, but your focus remains fixated on God. Here's a little logo to remember in those times: don't focus on the change, change the focus.

And to be broken for God means to be willing to be different. To be willing start a revival in your life, to be the match that starts a wildfire in the lives around you. Are you willing?

I want to have God's heart? How about you?
Lord, break our hearts for what breaks Yours!

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:12-14
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17
Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Psalm 64:8
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the Lord came to me: "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. Jeremiah 18:1-6