The Purpose for the Present Pain

The seasons of brokenheartedness we experience, as worshippers, come to break our will power of the stubbornness that has led us astray from the heart of Yahweh. By disregarding Father's wishes to instead do that which we have deemed to be right in our own eyes, we ultimately set ourselves up to experience the sort of painful spiritual reckoning that is meant to crush the soul as well as the ego. 

As spirit beings having a human experience, we must undergo a maturing process that makes it unmistakably clear to us when even our best intentions conflict with Heaven's agenda. Consequently, the only way Father can most effectively get our attention is by ALLOWING us to presently experience the pain of our humanity contending with the plans He both ordained and set in motion before the foundation of the world. 

Pain creates brokenness. And yes, there are times in our life journeys when it takes us experiencing brokenness to produce our willingness to embrace the culture of righteousness. In other words, sometimes our way has got to hurt more than we ever thought it would in order for us to see why Yahweh never wanted us to go that route. But it is often through brokenness that we are steered back into the right direction.

No matter how progressive we may become in the faith, there are some things that simply will not change. One of those cultural standards of the Kingdom is that sonship demands obedience, even when it is rendered out of the brokenness produced via our lives' most painful experiences. GOD is indeed jealous for us in that He will allow us to experience affliction, if that's what it takes to bring us back to our right mind as His children. 

As you reflect on your own past experiences of pain, consider what that brokenness may have produced. Examine how the Most High was glorified as a result of the affliction you experienced. Wouldn't you agree that it changed you? If brokenness indeed brought about a change in you that would not have otherwise happened, then the pain which produced it has truly fulfilled its purpose. And when you can see the pain from THAT vantage point, your understanding of the psalmist David's words--"It is good for me that I have been afflicted" (Psalm 119:71)--will then take on a whole new meaning.