The God of the Broken Hearted
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“The Lord is near the broken-hearted.” – Psalm 34:18
The God of the Bible is the God of the broken-hearted. The world cares little for the broken hearts.
Indeed, people often break hearts by their cruelty, their falseness, their injustice, their coldness and then move on as heedlessly as if they had trodden only on a worm!
But God cares. Broken-heartedness draws Him down from heaven.
Physicians do not treat the healthy but of the sick. So it is with God. It’s not to the whole and the well, but to the wounded and stricken, that He comes with sweetest tenderness. Jesus said of His mission: “He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted.” (Isaiah 61:1)
God is a repairer and restorer of the hurt and ruined life. He takes the bruised reed, and by His gentle skill makes it whole again, until it grows into fairest beauty.
The love, pity, and grace of God, minister sweet blessing of comfort and healing to restore the broken and wounded hearts of His people. The God of the Bible is the God of the bowed down, whom He lifts up into His strength.
God is the God of those who fail — not that He loves those who stumble and fall better than those who walk without stumbling — but He helps them more. The weak believers get more of His grace than those who are strong believers.
There is a special divine promise, which says, “My power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor 12:9) When we are aware of our own insufficiency, then we are ready to receive His divine sufficiency. Thus our very weakness is an element of strength. Our weakness is an empty cup which God fills with His own strength.
You may think that your weakness disqualifies you for noble, strong, beautiful living, or for sweet, gentle, helpful serving. But really it is something which if you give it to Christ He can transform into a blessing, a source of His power.
- J. R. Miller
