---A Broken Spirit and Heart ~~

--"The sacrifice of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God thou wilt not despise."

---The spirit and the heart may be considered to represent our innermost being-- the will intellect, and emotions. They belong to the part of us that will never cease to exist. Housed in the body, these make us say what we say and do what we do. So the condition of our spirit and heart is a very important issue to consider.

Romans 12:1 ask us to present our bodies a living sacrifice to God. for this to be possible, we first must have a "a broken spirit" and a "a broken and a contrite heart."
This brokenness is a crushing of our pride and conceit. God wants to bring us to this condition, but we are prone to harden our heart in resistance to in resistance to God's work. Though God could crush us arbitrarily He desires us to mellow ourselves and willingly let Him break us. Coming to this place involves repenting of all pride and rebellion.

When our spirit and heart are truly broken, they no longer retain their original shape and hardness. Now God can mold them for His service and glory. And when He does, He expects that we will give our heart, along with our body, back to Him. We now glorify God with all the parts of our being--spirit, heart, and body-- "which are God's" (1 Corinthians 6:20). In doing this, we use the time we formerly spent in sensual pleasure to worship God, Bible study, and prayer. We live for the good of others and show respect and love even to those who hate us. We make conscious effort to help those who still have unbroken spirits and hearts to mellow themselves and allow God to break them too!
Yes, we are on this Earth to help spread the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. .~~

--BSW/DM