In this writing I would like to focus a little attention on
those within the Body of Christ that have a humble heart or as Ps 51:17 says, “a
broken spirit.” Now the broken spirit means
your spirit is broken like a toy gets broken.
Actually that word for broken used twice in this scripture is ‘shabar’
and it means, to break, to break in
pieces, to break down, to rend violently, to wreck, to crush, to quench ....gosh
that is ugly! God wants people who are not in their flesh, they are willing to
be broken, crushed, wrecked, quenched, and rent violently.... to remove sin. In
other words when they see themselves in their sin, it matters to them. They are so truly hungry for God that they
want that stuff out of them to make room for greater holiness and the power
that comes with it. So what would I look like if I had a broken spirit? Let’s
look:
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You are grieved over the cause, the root, of
your sin.
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Once broken, you don’t give a hoot who knows or
who finds out, ‘they’ve found the pearl of great price’.
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Are truly, genuinely repentant over their sin,
evidenced in the fact that they forsake that sin.....Hmmmmmm, they what? Forsake that sin!
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They realize that they need to have a continual
heart attitude of repentance and they ask for the grace of God to give them the
repentant power. They want the sin away, removed and done with....not pretending
God’s goodness doesn’t mind them having it.
·
Don’t play
sincere by making some general ‘I’ am sorry for my sin statement,’...These
people are specific and want that
specific sin gone...they know it’s name and they abandon it b/c they know it is
taking the place of something better, some greater gift, some greater
anointing, some greater Holy Ghost virtue, etc...they want that power, that
gift, that walk...God’s all over them and they want to wear Him till they get
their new glory robe in heaven.
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They continually sense the need for a fresh
encounter w/ God and the Holy Ghost.
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They yield their rights and have a meek spirit.
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Have a sense of their own unworthiness; and are
thrilled that God would use them to begin with.
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Are totally wiped out by how much they know they
need to learn.
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Not big on self or self seekers.
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They desire to promote others. They understand
one is an eye the other a toe and another is an ear and they make room for them.
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Are self denying.
Wow is that awesome!
On Friday I will give you some proud people stuff and you can compare
them together and see where you stand.
For some more great scripture hopping on this subject read
Mt 23:12; Ps 25:9; Ps 51:10; Ps 119:11; Obadiah 3; Jer 17:9; John 17:4;
