Sometimes lyrics from a song resonate with me outside the context of the actual song…and this is one of those times. There is currently a pop ballad duet sung by Pink and Nate Ruess called “Just Give Me A Reason” and there is a line in the chorus imparting, “we’re not broken, just bent...and we can learn to love again”.
I found some profound truth, and parallels, to our daily walk with God in these lyrics. Often times we feel like we’ve really blown it and perceive our relationship with Him to be broken. I like the “bent” not “broken” analogy because that is exactly what happens in reality.
If we were to draw a straight line to God by which our praise, adoration, petitions, etc. were to travel then, yes, when sin gets in the way it does kind of bend that line a bit. Although Christ makes it a straight line—all the time—our sin nature causes us to make that path veer off on tangents. When sin enters into our lives and we allow ourselves to be affected by it, we either pull back on our prayers and communication or we shy away from addressing that sin for a while or we implement numerous other tactics to keep from confronting our sin.
As we begin our process of contrition, though, we start to realize that the way to God is always a straight path—and never broken. We may wander or stray but the incredible redemptive power of salvation has made that path, even as we bend it over and over again, straight and strong and accessible.
Just as the lyrics state, we aren’t—and never will be with God—broken, just bent at times and we will learn to love again in that most intimate way. God realizes this about us and He is more than happy to hold us close as we meander through our lives.
What an amazing God we serve!
Blessings.
Copyright © October 1, 2013
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