In adult youth today my group discussed the word Contrite. Contrite meaning to be humbled. Another synonym for Contrite is broken, smashed, wounded.
Contrite is necessary for growth and without a contrite heart or spirit, a person won’t be prepared for God’s Kingdom.
To be contrite is to be aware and accept that God is in control of everything that goes on in our lives. EVERYTHING!
A contrite heart gets special attention from God.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Isaias 57:15
Porque asi dijo el Alto y Sublime, el que habita la eternidad, y cuyo nombre es el Santo: Yo habito en la altura y la santidad, y con el quebrantado y humilde de espiritu, para hacer vivir el espiritu de los humildes, y para vivificar el corazon de los quebrantados.
God restores a crushed spirit of the humble and brings a broken/hurt person back to life spiritually. God restoring a crushed spirit is like water revitalizing a dying plant.
Contrite in Arab is Dakka meaning crushed and pulverized
Remember that a crushing event of life doesn’t make us contrite.
In the midst of a problem one of two things will happen:
A. A person will become bitter, angry, or full of resentment
—> If anger is held in for a long time, it is possible that the anger can become sin.
or
B. You become contrite which leads to repentance
—>A contrite person understands they are not in control .
1 Samuel 18: 6-12
6 Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.
7 And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.
8 And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?
9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
10 Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.
11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.
12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.
1 Samuel 18: 6-12
6 Y aconteció que como volvían ellos, cuando David tornó de matar al Filisteo, salieron las mujeres de todas las ciudades de Israel cantando, y con danzas, con tamboriles, y con alegrías y sonajas, á recibir al rey Saúl.
7 Y cantaban las mujeres que danzaba, y decían: Saúl hirió sus miles, Y David sus diez miles.
8 Y enojóse Saúl en gran manera, y desagradó esta palabra en sus ojos, y dijo: A David dieron diez miles, y á mí miles; no le falta más que el reino.
9 Y desde aquel día Saúl miró de través á David.
10 Otro día aconteció que el espíritu malo de parte de Dios tomó á Saúl, y mostrábase en su casa con trasportes de profeta: y David tañía con su mano como los otros días; y estaba una lanza á mano de Saúl.
11 Y arrojó Saúl la lanza, diciendo: Enclavaré á David en la pared. Y dos veces se apartó de él David.
12 Mas Saúl se temía de David por cuanto Jehová era con él, y se había apartado de Saúl.
David made his mistakes, but in the midst of it all, he genuinely turned to God.
4 key words
- Penitence : sorrows for sins and faults. Regret for ones misdeeds.
- Regret: Painful sting of conscious; contemplative wrong doing; action accompanied by guilt.
- Remorse: Suggest prolonged and insistent self reproach; mental anguish especially for those consequences that cannot be remedied.
- Repented: feelings of walking on thorns. You want to change your action; you have made that decision
Psalms 51:1-7
1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
2 Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.
3 For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.
5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
7 Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.
Salmos 51:1-7
1
Ten piedad de mí, oh Dios, conforme á tu misericordia: Conforme á la multitud de tus piedades borra mis rebeliones.
2 Lávame más y más de mi maldad, Y límpiame de mi pecado.
3 Porque yo reconozco mis rebeliones; Y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.
4 A ti, á ti solo he pecado, Y he hecho lo malo delante de tus ojos: Porque seas reconocido justo en tu palabra, Y tenido por puro en tu juicio.
5 He aquí, en maldad he sido formado, Y en pecado me concibió mi madre.
6 He aquí, tú amas la verdad en lo íntimo: Y en lo secreto me has hecho comprender sabiduría.
7 Purifícame con hisopo, y será limpio: Lávame, y seré emblanquecido más que la nieve.
David was aware of his crushed and broken state, he was aware that he had sinned. He felt guilty because he truly was guilty and he expressed all this through that song (Psalms 57: 1-7)
The only hope for a person who sins is the mercy of God. God wants to dwell with those that have a contrite heart.
2 Corinthians 7:10
10 For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
2 Corintios 7:10
10 Porque el dolor que es según Dios, obra arrepentimiento saludable, de que no hay que arrepentirse; mas el dolor del siglo obra muerte.
Pain that God approves results in repentance which leads to salvation.
–>Revelation of my group leader:
It is not Satan who is our problem, It is God who is our problem
Meaning: People who are being used by God are people who have been lunged at by God, cracked by God. God has done something to them.
Ex: Joe went through a lot of tough times and still God gave him many blessings
In scripture, Brokenness is a spiritual state by which one is disarmed by ones self dependence and pride, leaving one disabled and in desperate need of help. Making one a conduit ( carries something out) for the Glory of Christ.
Psalms 34: 15-18
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.
17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
Salmos 15-18
15 Los ojos de Jehová están sobre los justos, Y atentos sus oídos al clamor de ellos.
16 La ira de Jehová contra los que mal hacen, Para cortar de la tierra la memoria de ellos.
17 Clamaron los justos, y Jehová oyó, Y librólos de todas sus angustias.
18 Cercano está Jehová á los quebrantados de corazón; Y salvará á los contritos de espíritu.
People should be asking themselves what is their purpose not why are they here.
We must live our lives according to Luke 9, and we must pick up our cross daily.
God is fully aware of our limitations. He will never make us endure anything that he knows we cannot handle.
Keep in mind that the righteous do not always escape trouble. Everyone will go through hardships.
God promises us that if we trust Him and call on Him, He will be there and help us.
It is an eternal fact that He is going to be with us and He assures us that he is near us always.
To have a contrite spirit, one must be open to God’s correction and be able to accept the correction and take the necessary changes.
Sorry there is no real flow to all of this but I typed it out just like my group leader spoke it.
God Bless
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