Broken - Servants

Today I was listening to a podcast from Grace Church in Nashville, Tn and Pastor Lindell Cooley. I was struck by a comment he said about brokeness. He said," Unbelievers reject Arrogant believers but Unbelievers run to Broken believers". There is something to be said of those that go through the process of brokeness. Sometimes this process and the results of this process are truly the greatest revival ever known to man because it's the personal work of God going deep into the hardest places of your heart so that you can bear the fruits and nature of Christ. So, how does one become broken? Lindell said one way is to make yourself vulnerable to another in service. Becoming a servant. As a music pastor of several years, you don't think that you have any issues with serving someone until that someone expects certain things from you that "Aren't Your cup Of Tea". Eating the dessert first is what most all of us wish we could start the meal eating but we understand that as a result of living in a family with parents we can not eat what we want until we eat what we need. Serving someone else is not natural to us as human beings, especially because we live in a self-serving society. So when we serve, we are really; in a way, becoming broken. It was interesting that before I listened to this podcast I was reading John 2 about Jesus turning the water into wine. I didn't see this until after the podcast but in John 2:9 the master of the banquet did not know where the miracle came from but it was the SERVANTS that knew where the miracle come from. I guess it pays to be a servant. Not only do you become broken as a servant but you also know where the miracles come from......