Broken…
A broken clay vessel cannot be used to hold water and fill cups in order to quench thirst and hydrate bodies. A broken vessel, as much as it tries, cannot mend itself to usefulness but rather needs to subject itself to its maker in order to be mended and restored. In fact, when restored, many times, what was initially flawed is now stronger than before, although the scar remains.
In like manner, we are like that clay vessel that needs the mending of our Maker. We are imperfect and definitely unusable when we allow the cracks to continue to drain us of the Living Water that we and others so desperately need. There are two things we need to do: 1) We need to acknowledge that we are broken and in need of repair (we need to drop the pride and be clothed with humility) and 2) we need to subject ourselves to God’s mending, strengthening and molding of us with His power; we, in and of ourselves, are incapable of doing such a thing.
We need to come to God broken and ready for Him to do His work in and through us, and to fill us once more with His Spirit.
Have you come to God broken and humble? Are you in need of repairs from your Maker? Do you feel drained of the Living Water that God promises to those who thirst and come to Him? If so, then may the following words fall on thirsty ears that are ready to take in what God wants to tell you…
For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” – Isaiah 57:15 NKJV
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