THE OTHER SIDE OF BROKEN

1 Pet 1:11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

 The sufferings of Christ were many and very much real. From the betrayal and rejection of his own, to the punishment and humiliation of the Romans. If you were there on that crucifixion day, you may feel pity at Jesus. There was nothing great or powerful by him, as he slowly struggled his way up the hill of Golgotha, or when he hangs naked, broken and exposed on the cursed tree. But there is another side of broken… When he resurrected as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords

You may pity Moses as he ran away from the Palace, away from all his servants, rejected by his own people, sleeping and camping by a well in the wilderness. Alone, abandon, humiliated and broken. But there is another side of broken. When he led 3 mill people out from Egypt and had the red sea part in front of him

 You may pity Joseph, as he is betrayed by his brothers and sold as a slave. You may pity him as his kindness and hard work is repaid by a lie that sends him to jail. You probably would feel pity on him the years he spent innocent in a prison, forgotten, humiliate and broken. But there is another side of broken… When he was elevated to the world’s second most powerful man

 You may pity Peter as he is rushing out from the outer court, wiping his tears in shame because he has just cursed and denied the Master he loved. In shame, regret and broken. But there is another side of broken. When he spake and converted over 3000 souls on the day of Pentecost, and when only his shadow healed the sick as he passed by them

 
I could go on and on. If you are in the breaking process right now, let me remind you that there is a glory that always follows the sufferings. The that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. That’s the other side of broken