Have You come to a Place of Brokenness before the Lord?

Scripture: John 20:11

But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;

Insights:  I have already told you about the emotional, psychological, and spiritual darkness Mary is experiencing at this moment in her life.  What I have not shared with you is her absolute state of brokenness.  She is paralyzed with grief and pain.  You must keep remembering the scene.  Other ladies had been with her, Peter and John had been with her, but at this moment in the history, she is utterly alone.  All of the others have returned to their homes, but she is still at the tomb.  There is no where for her to go.  She is broken.  I am purely speculating her condition on some aspects, but I sense it is not too far of a fabrication to say she feels that life is no longer worth living with the absence of Jesus.  He was the one who rescued her from demon possession, if you hold to the notion that she was the Mary mentioned in that telling of the gospels.  She walked with Jesus and learned from Jesus and she loved Jesus, but now He is gone.  Where does she turn now for hope, comfort and encouragement.  Those with whom she has confided have all left her.  She is spent and alone.  There is no way out of the hole in which she has found herself.  Here is the beautiful part about grace: these words about Mary are true of all of us.  We all need to be broken before the Righteous One.  We all need to be spent and desperate for His grace and mercy.  It is at our point of utmost need that we are capable of seeing our Savior and being made whole and redeemed.  The problem for many is they are deluded by the enemy into believing that they can crawl their way out of their situation.  They become convinced that it is not as bad as they know it to be in reality.  They turn to all the wrong sources for deliverance; and as a result, their strength keeps getting weaker.  Let me encourage you to stop your rebellious self-reliance and turn to Jesus in complete brokenness and let Him heal your soul.

Questions:

1.  Have you come to a place of brokenness before the Lord?

2.  Are you trying to make it through the dark situations in your strength?

Prayer: Father, I am truly broken and desperate for You.  I recognize my absolute dependence upon You for my salvation and any grace given me to pursue a life on this side of eternity.  Your will be done in my life, Lord Jesus. Amen.