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INTRODUCTION - A BROKEN MAN
“I don’t know how to do this!” I remember very distinctly saying these words out loud. It was an absolute moment of despair. I was on my way to work. I was filled with dread at the prospect of another day. I had what felt like an anvil crushing my chest. I felt lonely. I felt isolated. I felt sad. I felt hopeless.
“I don’t know how to do this!” I was thinking about my job, but I was not just thinking about my job. I’m a husband to an incredible wife, but I felt as though I was falling far short of being the husband she deserved. I’m the father of two amazing kids, but I felt like a selfish and detached parent. I have a mortgage and bills to pay, but no matter how much money I made, I could never find financial peace and stability. And, on top of it all, my body and mind seemed to both be in a state of steady decay. My soul was unwell.
It was at that moment that I realized I was a broken man.
On the surface, everything looked great. I was an accomplished student and athlete growing up. I played baseball in college and in the minor leagues. After my baseball career, I became an attorney and had what most would consider a very promising start to my legal career. After medical issues derailed that path, I adapted, rebranded myself, and eventually obtained a dream job as an executive at a Fortune 500 company. I truly do have the most amazing wife and kids. We live in a beautiful home, drive nice vehicles, and live out many of the hallmarks of worldly success.
But in that moment, I realized that the weight of it all was more than I could manage. I felt like a juggler with too many balls in the air. If I dropped just one, I felt like I would drop them all. I was lost. I was broken.
In hindsight, I now realize that there is power in brokenness. A broken man is one who is ready to accept that he can’t do it on his own. A broken man is one who recognizes he needs help and is humble enough to accept it. Brokenness can be a powerful motivation to forge a better path and build a better life. In fact, if I am honest, I usually need to experience some form of brokenness to motivate change. I otherwise tend to get too complacent in my circumstances to seek change intentionally.
Brokenness fueled so many questions in my mind, though. What changes do I need to make? Where do I get help? What path do I follow to make the change that is required?
It turns out that you can find help almost anywhere, especially now. Life coaches can tell you how to be the best version of you. Counselors can give you marital advice and guidance on how to raise your children. Successful entrepreneurs can give you career advice. Social media influencers can share all the latest trends on where to live, what to wear, and how to act. Celebrities must have done something right to reach celebrity status, and plenty are willing to share their best advice! But are any of these sources offering good help? Are they offering instructions that are worth following? Maybe, but, as I saw it, most of these people don’t know me, and none of them have ever walked in my shoes.
God knows me, though. According to the Bible, God “created my inmost being” and “knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:13 NIV).
God loves me. God sent his Son, who became man - to walk in my shoes - to save me from my sin and provide me with an example of how to live. According to the Bible:
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17 NIRV).
God gave us His Word, the Bible, as an instruction manual to guide us through our time in this life. According to the Bible:
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)(Emphasis added).
The point is this: God is our creator. No one knows us the way God knows us. God loves us. In fact, He loves us so much that He sent His Son to die in our place. God gave us His Word – the Bible – to teach us, convict us, correct us, and train us so that we can be Godly men, husbands, fathers, friends, and workers. In other words, God gave us the Bible to equip us for good works in every role we hold in this world as men. The Creator of life gave us the Bible to instruct us how to live the life He created us for!
Now, some of you may not believe this to be true. I hope, nevertheless, that you will keep reading. I pray that, over the next forty days, God will reveal himself to you. I pray that His Word will transform and renew your mind, body, and spirit. I believe that if you take just a couple of small steps towards God, He will reveal Himself to you in ways that will never allow you to question His existence or His love for you again.
Many who are reading this are probably like me. You believe. You just don’t know, or maybe you forgot, how to live like you believe. You don’t know how to live according to God’s plan, seek and follow God’s will, or accept the promises God has made to you. But you are ready to start.
Over the next forty days, we will study the Bible with a specific focus on understanding our brokenness and seeking God’s divine instructions on how to be who He created us to be - men, husbands, fathers, friends, workers, stewards, and disciples - equipped not for brokenness, but for every good work. Our goal is to create a relationship with God, through His Word, so that we can hear God when He speaks and live in the freedom and confidence of His plans and blessings for us.
Welcome to the Broken Man Project!
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