The Other Side of Broken – Healing
There is life on the other side of brokenness – a life full of the grace of God Almighty. God radically changed my life and made me a “Transformation Project” and He can and will do the same for you, even when you think you are beyond hope!
You may have big doubts and that is alright. God is bigger than any doubt you may have. In the Book of Isaiah, the prophet writes about the coming of Christ and His mission of transformation…
“The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound… to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness… And they shall build… For your shame you shall have double [the reward]; everlasting joy shall be unto them.” Isaiah 61:1, 3, 4, 7
Did you see that? It’s a systematic plan that will take us wherever we are and do things for us and in us that we could never do for ourselves. And just like Job, He can give you double for your trouble. Or like Joseph, He can take you from the pit to the palace. So, if you are in a bad place today, please hear me no matter how bad things may look, no matter what you have done, Jesus Christ has more for you than you could ever imagine. This passage tells us that whether our problem is alcohol, drugs, greed or abuse or even the worst criminal on death row awaiting his or her execution date, Jesus Christ cares deeply for you and passionately wants to do for you what that passage in Isaiah said He came to do. This passage tells us You need to know that there is life on the other side of brokenness – a life full of the grace of God Almighty. God made me a “Transformation Project” and He can and will do the same for you!
You may have big doubts about all of this right now and that is alright. God is bigger than any doubt you may have. God made a way for you and me to be transformed way before we were ever born.
The meek in this passage are those who are downtrodden – isn’t that all of us at some point? The brokenhearted get healing – how many of us have dealt with lies, broken promises, lives that didn’t turn out the way they were supposed to, let down by those who we were supposed to trust….? Jesus came to heal that heart that has been shattered into a million tiny pieces.
Proclaim liberty to the captives – those that are dealing with addictions, trapped in bad and abusive situations. I know people who are locked up far worse than those who are actually behind bars. Christ Tomlin added the bridge,
“My chains are gone, I‘ve been set free…” to the song Amazing Grace because this is exactly what Jesus Christ came to do. He is transformative.
Finally, He came to release those who are in actual prisons…. For a few this will be an actual physical early release. Some don’t want to hear about that but it’s true. Jesus talks about prison a number of times but we will get back to that tomorrow. For everyone it is a spiritual release from bondage as real as any prison.
So where are you today? Do you need healing – has your life gotten out of control? Call out to Jesus today. He is waiting with arms wide open.
Send me an email if you have questions you like to talk about off-line. drcliffrobertsonjr@gmail.com.
Praise Him!
Cliff
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