Anyone Brokenhearted Today?

O. T. #1861  "Anyone Brokenhearted Today?"

January 15, 2021

Ezekiel 6-Part 2

LET IT GLOW

The masses of people were rejected, but grace and mercy were given to a godly remnant in the nation. There never has been, nor ever will be, a complete end to Israel. (MacArthur)

May I include that there will never be an end to the believer in Jesus Christ. When Jesus forgives our sins and comes into our heart making us one of His, it is forever. And when our body dies, our soul leaves this world to go into another one, heaven, where our Savior reigns as King of kings and Lord of lords. Now that is what I call mercy-not getting what we deserve, hell. Are you one of His, dear one?

Now, here is a question for you. Do you know that God has had a broken heart? That is how I take verse 9 when He says, ...I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from Me...

Did you notice that the word broken has been used 3 times in this chapter? It appears in verses 4, 6, and 9. Here, in the Hebrew, broken means to burst; break (down, off, in piece); crush; hurt; tear.

To me, the important thing for us to notice is that God was broken, crushed, hurt, torn. Have we ever stopped to think that we can break the heart of God? I haven't. What caused this? The people turned to images and idols to worship instead of to their God. It was their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that longed for their idols that broke God's heart. So in His fury, God broke their hearts by sending the Babylonian army to surround Jerusalem's wall, resulting in famine and disease, as well as eventually killing many. (Some Jews scattered to other nations.) However, He had a remnant that repented of their sins and turned to God.

LET IT GROW

After reading this, I wonder if your heart has been broken or is now broken in pieces? It can be caused by so many things-divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job, a friend's betrayal, loss of health, this crazy pandemic.

There is good news, my friend. Jesus came to bind up the brokenhearted. He read Isaiah 61:1, The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.

While on this earth, Jesus fulfilled this scripture, for He said so in verse 21. Are you poor in spirit? Is your heart broken? Are you being held captive by someone or something? Have you been spiritually blind? Have you been bruised by the treatment or words of others? Jesus can heal and deliver you, for He said so.

LET IT GO

Through it all my eyes are on You, Jesus, as Your eyes remain on me.

Give us resurrected hearts, healed hearts, love that seeps in and covers us.

Forgive us when we break Your heart as we disobey or turn away from You.

Renew our love today.

*Please pray for the McGee family. I mentioned the passing of our friend Rick, well his brother passed away the next day. Now a week later, his wife's mother passed away, too. We can't go visit them for one more week, for they are in quarantine.