“Hi Yo, Silver!” The picture on the big screen this morning at church was that of The Lone Ranger and his horse, Silver. Terry Andres, our preacher, pointed at it and asked, “What do you see?”
Well, I saw the Lone Ranger and settled back into my seat expecting a sermon exhorting us to reach out to others.
Instead, Terry said, “This is about Silver. The Lone Ranger’s horse.”
Huh?
The Lone Ranger would not have been able to do his heroic deeds if Silver had not been broken first. The raw power of a horse is staggering, and more so when it is unchecked and wild. How much damage could an untamed horse do?
But if a horse is broken and trained to do what his master wishes, then he is useful. Much can be accomplished and his strength is helpful, constructive, practical and serviceable.
Terry impressed on us that brokenness can be a good thing.
Before God begins to work on us, we are raw and wild. We do our own thing and often it brings us to grief. Through the brokenness, we are humbled. We are open to learning and receiving. We become valuable as used in the hands of God.
While I would never seek the brokenness in life—painful circumstances, injuries or relationships—I would never trade them, either. For I have learned to seek God.
Through our brokenness, maybe He can now use us however He wishes, and because of our obedience in the trials, He can do heroic deeds through us and move His Kingdom forward.
What a good word for today—or for any day!
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, You will not despise” Psalm 51:17
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” Psalm 147:3.
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