You Can't Fix What Is Not Broken

You have probably heard the phrase, "Don't fix what ain't broke". You know, if a way of doing things is working, why change things. But what if you only think it is working, and you require a breaking to truly see the problem? What if life is going good in your eyes, but suddenly, everything falls apart and you realize the issue that has been at the center the whole time? Imagine this. A kid climbs a tree, falls out and breaks his arm. The doctors tell him that in order to fix it, they have to reposition it so that it heals the way it should. They warn him that this adjustment will probably hurt for a little, but in the end, the bone will heal properly and it won't be a burden to him down the road. Now imagine the boy decides he has already gone through enough pain in his body to have to endure more, so he tells the doctor to not do anything, just put it in a sling and send him home. Overtime, the wound will heal, but it will never be the same. Years down the road, this boy will more than likely have to rebreak the bone in order to do the alignment that should have been done then. So instead of a little pain then, he will have to go through more pain now to reset the bone back to its perfect place.
This type of scenario lines up to what many Christians go through or have gone through. Some of the most well-known Christians and Evangelists had to endure a breaking point before they even began their ministry.Look back on the life of Paul. Before he was an evangelist, he was the guy who dragged people out of homes because they professed the name of Jesus. He had signed papers from the pharisees to wipe out as many people as he could find who did not believe as he did. They, FLASH. A light from Heaven shone all around him and Jesus himself spoke to him to change his mind. After 3 days of blindness, Paul was a new man who won thousands over to Christ. Don't get me wrong, his healing did not happen overnight. After his conversion, the disciples were skeptical, with good reason. Here, in the living room, was the man who shortly before had been killing the believers was now saying he was a changed man who fought for the cause, rather than against. Because of his backstory, He went on to be one of the greatest evangelists in the whole New Testament. What would have happened if after he received his sight, he continued back down the path he was formerly on. We would not have even half of the NT, and countless Christians would not have even been. I have heard it said that the most dangerous phrase in the Human Language is, "We have always done it(insert whatever "it" is) this way". Do you realize how scary that is? People can be so set on their ways and their traditions that have held for centuries, that they don't realize God has something way better for them. Paul might have gone on to become a great Pharisee, making martyrs of "The Way", but where would that have gotten him? He would have become a name lost in history as merely "an okay guy". Instead he is one of the best known person in all of Scripture. All because he realized he was broken and only God could fix him.
Have you hit your breaking point? Life seemed to be going just fine, then it quickly shifts to total disaster in a matter of moments. It is here that God wants to step in, realign somethings, and put you on the path of new healing. Yes, it may hurt. And yes, it will probably be uncomfortable. But it will be so worth it. You might not like the person you see when you are broken, but when God is done, you will look back on yourself and see a new person, one who is stronger because of the break, rather than the same person you were before you realized you were broken.
The time to be broken is now. The season for fixing is soon upon us. Endure the pain of the break now, and the healing will be so much more rewarding.

Adam Semple- a young man on a mission  

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