Broken Things

Devotional
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David wrote in Psalm 51:16-17,
16. For You delight not in sacrifice; else
would I give it: You have no pleasure in
burnt-offering.

17. The sacrifices of God are a broken

spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God,
You will not despise.
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Have you ever studied the broken things in the
Bible? A woman broke a vessel at the feet of
Jesus and anointed Him. Jesus took bread and
broke it as a picture of His body given for us.
God uses broken things, and He starts with
broken hearts.
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This is what repentance is all about. God

doesn't listen to the lips. He doesn't measure a
material sacrifice. He looks at the heart and
says, "If your heart is broken, then I can
cleanse it."
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When David sinned, he could have brought all
kinds of sacrifices. But they would not have
pleased the Lord. God was waiting for the
sacrifice of a broken heart. That's why David
said, "The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God,
You will not despise" (verse 17). David's sins
should have brought him condemnation and
death.
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He committed adultery, and he murdered a
man. No sacrifice could be found in God's
sacrificial system for this kind of flagrant,
rebellious, deliberate sin. But David did not
die. Even though no sacrifice was available
for his sin at the time, God looked down the
corridors of time and saw a cross where Jesus
Christ would die for David's sin.
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God looks at the heart, not the hand. He
wants sincerity from the heart, not religious
routine.
A broken heart is not remorse, nor is it regret.
It is repentance, a turning away from sin. It's
telling God you hate sin, are judging it and
claiming His forgiveness. Bring to Him the
sacrifice of a contrite heart.
Bring to Him true repentance.