Our growth groups this week have had some powerful, holy community moments around what the Bible says about brokenness. Job 2:1-10 was the basis for the study. What we learn about brokenness is that life brings its own challenges and struggles but when we see behind the scenes (which Job did not, he was in the story, we read about the story and see more than he does) we can see that the challenges and tragedies of life GIVE OPPORTUNITY for the Spirit's work deeper within. None of us ask for brokenness but life will bring that anyway. If we can respond to life from the center of the Spirit our challenges and tragedies become "brokenness moments" which means they become spiritual and places for the Lord to move greatly among us. Brokenness takes life and laces it with spiritual reality. Without that, we are mostly left with bitterness that life isn't working, that people let us down, etc.
But in the scripture is a powerful reality, that God limits the brokenness! What a turn! Satan wants to destroy but the Lord limits his power (as Paul says in Corinthians, no temptation is beyond our ability). If we could only remember that... if we could only have people in holy community respond to our challenges and tragedies of life with a reminder that this is a holy moment and we are not left (abandoned by the Lord) and we are not left alone (for the community will stick with us).
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