Daryl Coley is one of the great gospel singers of our time with songs like Beyond the Veil and When Sunday Comes. He’s Preparing Me is one of my favorite songs. A line in the song goes; He’s preparing me for something I cannot handle right now. That song lays out exactly what occurs in the process of being broken. Being broken is preparation for what we desire, but can’t yet grasp or understand.
Often before our prayers are answered and we realize the manifestation of what we seek, there is a period of breaking. The breaking process is characterized by many things including rejection, isolation, indecision, loss, doubt and introspection, all of which Christ experienced.
When you want something bad enough, you pray for God’s help and strength to obtain it. We pray that prayer not fully knowing how God will get us to the thing that we seek. That’s where the breaking process comes. A careful self examination would reveal that we’re not always ready for what we want and things in our lives – habits, character, skills – need to change or be broken. So, when we go through that process it’s for our good, but it can internalized as God’s punishment. It’s not. God is allowing you to go through it in order to get you to the destiny and purpose he has for you.
In all truth, we bring it on ourselves because we prayed for something great. When Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit, his response was, “You’ve asked a hard thing.” Eventually Elisha received the double portion and performed twice as many miracles as Elijah. Conversely, the rich ruler spoken of in the gospels desired eternal life, but was unable and unwilling to commit to the breaking process.
Here’s the lesson to remember in the breaking process. Don’t blame god for breaking you, praise him for allowing you go through the breaking process. As the song says, he’s making you ready because he cares. He knows that its only when you’re broken that you can hear him and begin to rely on his strength and power. His strength is perfected in our weakness. It’s at that point, after you have no other options, you’re in a position to be propelled into your destiny.
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