Devotions For Lent – Day 43

Broken

“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”     (Colossians 2:15)

Read Mark 14:1-9.

In God’s hands, brokenness has a purpose and brings a blessing. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, and broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box in today’s passage that brings forth perfume, a special anointing. It is Peter, broken and weeping bitterly, who is restored.

In the same way, we can discover blessings in our brokenness. Have you ever found yourself in a broken place? It is in brokenness that Jesus gives us Himself. On the night of the Last Supper, He took the bread, blessed it, and broke it, saying, “This is My body, which is given for you” (1 Corinthians 11:24).

Today, think of something that is broken in your life and then reflect on the blessing that you received in your brokenness.

Prayer Starter:
Jesus, in the bread You bless and break, You give me . . .