There is an old Jewish proverb that says, “The teacher cannot place the truth in the heart of his student. He can only place it on top, so that when the heart breaks, the truth will fall in.”
There are things that God wants to do in our hearts, but He will not force His way in to do them. Yes, He is the healer of the brokenhearted, but sometimes a heart cannot be healed until it is broken. Then we are ready to let the Lord come and do a work in us.
There are things that I have been crying out to God for, and this morning my heart has been breaking over something I have been reading. It is not tragic things I have been reading about, but some very good things — ways that God is using people to bless others. My heart is bursting because I very much want to be a part of it — to hear the voice of God in such a powerful way, and to declare it boldly, that many will be blessed by the revealing of their heart before God and turn to Him.
One of the touchstone verses of my life has been this:
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of disciples,That is what my heart cries out for this morning.
That I may now how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens me morning by morning,
He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple.
(Isaiah 50:4 NIV)
Sometimes the breakthrough we need the most is the breaking of our hearts.
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