True Brokenness

Isaiah 66:2-3

​Brokenness is not a feeling or an emotion. It is a conscience choice, an act of the will. True brokenness is a lifestyle, a way of agreeing with God about the true condition of my heart and life. Brokenness strips a person of their self-reliance and independence from God. Thus, the broken person has no confidence in his/her own righteousness or his/her own works, but cast total dependence upon the grace of God working in and through them.  Moreover, brokenness can be summed up as an utter shattering of my self-will and absolute surrender of my will to the will and direction of God.

Questions for further thought:
1. In what areas of your life are you not submitted fully to God? 

2. Why do you think that you have not surrendered your will in that area? 

Challenge: 
Take time in prayer asking for God to give a humble spirit in which He can mold and shape you for His great purpose.  Pray that He will help you seek and submit to His will.