In this age of self-promotion,
Where men demand their rights,
Where the church exalts man's dignity,
And pride is the guiding light.
A contrite spirit, a subdued will,
Are rare things, hard to find,
But God looks to those who tremble
And have a broken heart and mind.
Preachers of deceit have capitalized
On man's natural pride,
Their theology is flesh-pleasing,
And God's honor is set aside.
But the Lord God looks to those
Who are poor and contrite in heart,
And only brokenness can build His kingdom,
A brokenness that sets us apart.
No man can know the grace of God
Until his heart is broken and torn,
Until he sees the Lord in all His holiness,
And himself in all his sin and scorn.
Like Job, who saw himself in dust and ashes,
And saw God's majesty and might,
The broken heart will always vindicate God,
And walk in His truth and light.
So come to the cross, and be broken,
May the crucified Christ be revealed,
May your heart be shattered by His love,
And His grace to you be sealed.
O Lord, evermore break our hearts before You,
And make us humble and true,
May we honor You and vindicate Your name,
In all we say and do.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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