Beauty in the Brokenness

By Eric Hutchinson, Fellowship Bible Church Celebrate Recovery ministry TEAM Training Coach, 3/31/2021

When I was a kid my favorite TV show was The Six Million Dollar Man. I loved that show so much! The show was a about an astronaut named Steve Austin. Steve was also a test pilot, and one day he was testing a new aircraft when something went horribly wrong, and he crashed. He lost his right arm, both his legs and his left eye. He was wrecked physically. The government decided to install machine parts called bionics on Steve’s body. These parts cost six million dollars, making Steve the Six Million Dollar Man. Steve became better than before… Better, Stronger, and Faster! That is the phrase they used every week before each episode. 

I think this story is a great parallel to recovery. You see, before Steve could accept the bionics, his body had to be wrecked. Before I can receive God’s healing power, I have to acknowledge that my life is wrecked, and I can’t fix myself. That’s the first principle of recovery, and that’s my starting place. Just like Steve had to go through incredible pain and rehabilitation, I also had to put in a lot of hard work and effort in my recovery. But you know what? God is healing me! He is rehabilitating my life. The bionics Steve had enabled him to do incredible things! He was able to jump tall fences, run 60 mph, bend steel with one arm and see for miles with his bionic eye. 

After I worked the eight principles and twelve steps, I was able to maintain sobriety from pornography, change my eating habits, reserve a daily time with God consistently, and I gained a peace and serenity I had never experienced before! Praise God!  

So here is the point. If your past reaches up to remind you of all the bad things you’ve done and tries to discourage you, remember, it is through your weakness that you are made strong (2 Corinthians 12:9). You can do all things through Christ, who strengthens you (Philippians 4:13). God is glorified through the healing of your hurts, habits and hang-ups. Don’t let the enemy lie to you my friend. You are a child of God, and you are a new creation! You are better than before… Better, Stronger, and more lovely than ever before. You are God’s masterpiece! Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” 

I hope this devo finds you strong and healthy. But, if you are discouraged and need a boost, take time to remember God’s miracle in your life, and how he has used you and will continue to use you. 

Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

May God bless you this week and give you strength! 

"He is Comforter, Counselor, Prince of Peace
Author and Maker of everything
Defender, Deliverer, King of Kings
He is, He is

Helper and Healer forevermore
Savior and Shelter through every storm
My Refuge, Redeemer and Lord of Lords
He is, He is

Child of Heaven and Son of Man
Provider, Protector, the Great I AM
Alpha Omega, Beginning and End
He is, He is.."

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