BROKEN FOR A PUROSE

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"Cowboys" (and girls)  tell me that a horse has to

be "broken" to be any good.  I am inclined to believe

that.

The only horse I ever owned we bought for the kids.

Apparently the horse was not broken for kids or for 

me.  When I got rid of it, my hope was that it went 

to the glue factory.  I just wanted it out of here.   That

is why ultimately I went back to motorcycles.  They 

do not have a mind of their own.

But the world is full of a lot more problems than just

problem horses.  You know by now that life is full

of problems, trials and tests.  God allows these for a 

number of reasons.  They can test our faith, strengthen

our faith or change the coarse of our life etc.  But

there is at least one more purpose that God has had

to use, with myself anyway.

Just as a horse has to be broken to submit to the 

will of it's owner.  We have to be "broken" to be

obedient to God.  Not only do the Scriptures tell

us that we cannot serve both God and money.

But they teach us that we cannot serve ourself

and God.

I do not know how many times I have faced

an insurmountable problem because God was

trying to get my attention and I needed to be 

"broken" before God so that he could use me.

Consider the possibility that huge problem or

mess of problems in your life might be a loving

God trying to get your attention to keep you from

destroying yourself.

"Submit therefore to God.  Resist the devil

and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God

and He will draw near to you..."

(James 4:7,8a NASB)