“Loving the Broken” is our theme this Sunday drawn from the stirring Bible story of Mephibosheth. Saul, his grandfather, was David’s arch enemy while Mephibosheth’s father, Jonathan, was David’s’ best friend. David shows Mephibosheth great kindness for Jonathan’s sake. Mephibosheth knows what brokenness is all about… his grandfather, father and uncles are killed when he is a child and a nurse drops him from her arms, crippling him.
When we think of brokenness three issues come to mind.
1) The burden of brokenness. Broken promises, broken dreams, broken relationships, broken health, financially “broke”. Nervous breakdowns, marital break ups and broken hearts – we live in a broken world!
2) The blessing of brokenness. There is a story in the Bible of a woman who broke an alabaster box to pour expensive perfume on Jesus. Sometimes out of brokenness comes the sweet fragrance of understanding, compassion, and patience. At the Last Supper, Jesus says of the bread, “This is my body broken for you.” His brokenness brings our wholeness!
3) The banishment of brokenness. In Heaven no one or no thing will ever be broken(Revelation 21:4). Hallelujah, what a future – but for now let us be as Jesus and love the broken.
See you Sunday!
1) Note the ministry of the Messiah. Isaiah 61:1
2) What are the sacrifices God honors in Psalm 51:17?
3) What does God heal besides broken bodies? Psalm 147:3
4) What “brokenness” have we all experienced? Romans 2:23, James 2:8-10
5) What did Jesus do to illustrate His sacrifice in Luke 22:19?
6) Study these fascinating prophecies about Jesus and His death. Genesis 12:46;
Numbers 9:11-12; Psalm 34:20; John 19:36; I Corinthians 5:7
7) What can’t break? John 10:35
8) If we have the Spirit of Lord, whom we will reach out to? Psalm 34:18
