To make wine, a grape needs to be crushed, for olive oil an olive needs
to be smashed, for a plant to grow; a seed needs to be broken.
God doesn't want perfect people who have it all together. He doesn't want
a good Christian just obeying all the right rules, dressing the right way,
using the right language or attending church twice every Sunday. He doesn't desire obedience for the sake of obedience or those who want to prove how good
and perfect they can be. There is no glory given to God in this. It is fake, a masquerade
of the truth which is not pleasing or holy to God.
He desires brokenness. We need to be crushed, smashed and broken without
any dependence in or on ourselves and all dependence on God. We need to be unable
ourselves in order to have the right desperate need for Christ. We need to be more
concerned with the state of our hearts and intentions over the state of our appearance,
self-confidence or popularity.
God is willing and ready to rid you of ever thing keeping you from
being completely crushed, smashed and broken before His throne. He will remove
anything blocking you from coming into His love, He will tear down, take away,
destroy or change anything and any circumstance to bring you into His saving
grace only if you will humbly be crushed, smashed and broken before His face in
utter dependence for the entirety of your life!
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