Broken to be Blessed

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Preached by Pastor Kunle Oladebo

Genesis 32:22-28 

1. Introduction
   • To the world, brokenness is bad 
   • To the Word, brokenness is desirable
     • Isaiah 42:3 (KJV) – “A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth”
       • broken and bruised, God does not throw away broken and bruised people.  He wants to mend and bless the broken
     • “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply “- A.W. Tozer
   • God does not mostly use the blessed but the broken
2. The Broken Brethren 
   • Abraham (Waited 25 years for child of promise)
   • Jacob wrestled all night till his hip was broken, then Jacob can become Israel (origin of the nation of Israel)
   • David (Shepherd boy who faced Goliath ran away from Saul in his broken moment.  This began his journey to become King
   • Fearing Job to become the Blessed Job – became blessed with double
   • Peter, the fisherman, to raise Peter the fisher of men (Luke 22:62 – Peter wept bitterly when he denied Jesus)
   • Saul of Tarsus was the greatest persecutor and had to be broken to become Apostle Paul
   • Jesus at the Garden if Gethsemane – God said to Jesus “You have to pay the price”
   • Next person is you
3. To shed off the “Adamic” nature  
   • 1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJV) – “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”
   • hinderance to holiness, righteousness
4. To bring you to a malleable state 
   • Too adamant to adapt
   • Too cultural to change; cannot be broken to produce the best God wants you to be
   • Jeremiah 32:33 (NLT) – “My people have turned their backs on me and have refused to return. Even though I diligently taught them, they would not receive instruction or obey.”
   • Receive instruction but lack teachable spirits
   • Be clay in the hands of the Potter. “Those who are ready to be broken will turn out to be the masterpiece of the Potter.” – PKO
5. To  bring you to the understanding that God is in control 
   • Believing achievements are by your power
   • Hebrews 5:8-9 (CEV) – “Jesus is God’s own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God. ⁹ Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him.”
   • Not selective obedience – believe the Scripture totally, not selectively 
   • Not my will but Your will
   • Being too full of yourself, God may leave you alone – A child avoiding rebuke shall be destroyed without remedy (Proverbs 29:1)
   • It takes brokenness to submit and surrender
6. To live the rest of your life acknowledging His power and grace is sustaining you
   • Paul – God’s grace is sufficient.  His strength is made perfect.
   • God is not looking for orators (best communicator) as the world wants
   • He looks for people dependable on Him (humble)
   • “Those that are broken are ready to surrender their will to His will”. -PKO
     • He will bless them abundantly 
7. To prevent emotion from ruling the affairs of your life
   • Untamed emotion can ruin your life
   • To be forewarned is yo be fore armed.
   • Don’t stay offended.  It takes brokenness to overlook an offense
   • 1 Corinthians 9:27 – “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
   • When emotion takes you to the far left, brokenness moves you to the side of Christ
   • “A life ruled by emotion will be ruined by emotion.  Brokenness prevents your emotion from taking an upper hand over your reaction. “ – PKO