It’s not what we think
In a rare departure from my usual morning routine, I spent a few hours today reading Michael John Cusick’s new book Surfing for God: Discovering the Divine Desire Beneath the Sexual Struggle.
Even though I’ve read a LOT of books on sexual addiction over the years, I’m finding this one very inspiring. One particular thought from the book has been floating around in my mind all afternoon:
“The greatest barrier to the life of freedom is not our brokenness.
It is brokenness unsurrendered.”
This is such a wonderful truth, so simply spoken. So often we think that God is angered or repulsed by our brokenness . . . but that’s not it at all. He is saddened by the fact that we hang on to it so tightly, when he wants so desperately for us to give it to him so he can mend it.
Think about it this way. If one of our friends was injured in an accident that was no fault of their own, we wouldn’t be angry at them. They were a victim. But, we WOULD be frustrated if they refused to go to the doctor and we had to sit by and watch as their wounds became infected and they became more and more disabled. We might plead with them to go have their wounds attended to. Why in the world would they live in agony when all they needed to do was give up and let someone help them?
In the same way, God, our Great Physician, yearns for us to surrender our brokenness to Him so He can help and heal the innermost parts of our being. It is in that process that we finally find freedom.
In the same way, God, our Great Physician, yearns for us to surrender our brokenness to Him so He can help and heal the innermost parts of our being. It is in that process that we finally find freedom.
“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.” — Psalm 37:5-6 (NIV)
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