John 12:24 ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.’

DAILY READING; 2 Corinthians 2:5-3:18; 2 Kings 15-16; Micah 5:2-15

Breaking a horse is the practice of training it to be ridden. This process is also referred to as saddle breaking. It involves teaching the young horse to accept a saddle, a bridle and the weight of the rider on its back. It also involves teaching a young horse how to steer, stop and respond to cues on command when they are given using the reins, leg, and seat.

A wild stallion being ridden for the first time doesn’t want to submit to the rider or do what it’s told. And anyone who tries to ride it will only get thrown off its back. Therefore a cowboy knows that he cannot just toss a saddle on the back of a wild horse and try to ride it. He first has to follow a process used to break a horse to prepare it to be ridden. For days, he may lead the horse around a pen as it adjusts to the feel of the harness and its new surroundings. Then the saddle is placed on the horse’s back but without a rider. Finally, the cowboy puts a foot in one of the stirrups. When the cowboy climbs into the saddle, the initial shock of having someone on its back is frightening and irritating to the horse. It might buck and rear its head before it begins to settle and trot around its pen.  And so gradually, the horse is prepared to begin a lifetime of service to its owner.

Horses that are labeled unbroken are those that no one ever got around to training. Unbroken horses are unsubmissive and cannot be ridden. An adult horse that is not broken has relatively little value and is considered undesirable by most horse owners. Only horses that have been broken are considered to have value and great worth.

Likewise, we are of great value to God when we become broken. When God begins to work in our lives, one of the first things He does is to  bring us to a place of brokenness where we become totally submissive to His will. He doesn’t immediately toss a saddle on our back, rather He works with a plan and goal and bit by bit, inch by inch, He trains us to live a life that glorifies Him. Through preordained circumstances and situations, He brings us to the place of total surrender to His will.

We are not useful or fruitful until we have become broken and dead to the flesh.

John 12:24  says  ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit..’

The place of brokenness is a prerequisite for stepping into the fullness of our destiny. It is in the places of brokenness that we really grow.  Indeed there are certain heights you can never achieve in life until you have become humble enough to be entrusted with them. It is he that humbles himself that is exalted. Brokenness puts us on the road to our breakthrough. Let us therefore learn to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt us in due season.

PRAYER: Lord, please destroy in me hardness of heart and everything that causes me to be unbroken. Please help me to surrender totally to Your will in every area of my life in Jesus Name.

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Illuminate your world for you are a star destined to shine. WORDBITE 222