Let Us Not Fear the Process of Brokenness!

When the master, the great artist, takes the chisel and hammer and begins striking the hard stone until he brings forth from it a marvelous work of art, we can say that he is breaking it in order to give it the desired shape. You and I are that hard, rough stone, ready to be sculpted in the hands of God, the Great Master, the Divine Artist.

The word ‘break’ comes from a Greek word, ‘sunthrupto,’ which means breaking and release. Generally, when we cry, it is because the wellspring of our heart has been broken; in other words, the heart is broken. And that breaking produces a release of emotions that causes tears to flow. It is important to know that in the midst of that brokenness, God is closer than we imagine (Psalm 34:18), but we must understand that this drawing near of God, which we do not notice while we are going through the process, guarantees that He is doing something beautiful in us, which He will use to fulfill His purpose.

The Apostle Paul says in Romans 8:18, “For I am certain that the afflictions of this present time are not comparable to the glory that is to be revealed in us.” This understanding comes only when we submit ourselves, like hard, rough stones, into the hands of the Great Master and Divine Artist; when we know that the difficult time—the brokenness—we are going through now does not compare with the greater blessing that God will reveal in and through our lives.

Let us not fear the process of brokenness, because the blessing to come is greater!