Life Out of Death

At the risk of sounding like a broken record (or a scratched CD), I am going to post one more thought from Stanley Voke's Personal Revival. The theme of brokenness has so gripped me that it seems like I have had a gravitational pull toward that topic lately. Don't get me wrong, I do not want to be broken, and there is more to talk about. But having experienced a little brokenness (and being a slow learner who needs to hear the same thing over and over), I find Voke to be so helpful and encouraging. So please forgive the redundancy. 

"God blesses all he breaks. Victory came to Gideon's army when the pitchers were broken to release the light within them. Fulness came to the five thousand when Jesus broke the loaves that seemed so few. Fragrance poured through all teh house when a box of ointment was broken over the Savior's feet. It all happened in the breaking. When the Son of God was broken in the darkness... of the cross, Satan was overthrown, sin was dealt with, the Gospel set free and eternal life released for all the world. Calvary proves the principle that God always blesses brokenness, for he brings life out of death."