Biology and Brokenness
- The Narrow Path
- Jan 19, 2024
- 2 min read
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13, NIV).
Last week we talked about sounding the alarm to alert us of potential dangers from the enemy. Today, I want to share a revelation regarding one of the ways the enemy attacks.
During conversation with a friend, there was a prayer request made for particular members of our family struggling with anxiety. As we discussed our own experiences, I made the comment of how the enemy attacks us through the combination of biology and brokenness.
Anxiety is multifaceted, but it’s scientifically proven that some folks’ brains are genetically wired in ways that make us more susceptible to things like anxiety, addiction, and the list goes on. Additionally, each of us carries into adulthood specific experiences from childhood that contribute to our brokenness.
We are told in Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. That’s our biology.
When Adam and Eve committed the original sin in the Garden of Eden, sin and darkness entered the world. That’s our brokenness.
Ever since that time, the enemy has used the combination of our biology and brokenness to attack the most vulnerable parts of our hearts. Ultimately, to kill, steal, and destroy.
Someone that naturally struggles with perfectionism being raised in a household where mistakes were punished harshly.
Someone that is naturally relationship oriented growing up in a household where relationships are tumultuous.
Someone that naturally struggles with anger who is modeled that anger is an appropriate, and acceptable response to managing difficult situations.
This combination of biology and brokenness can create the perfect storm for the enemy to attack. Rather than succumb to the storm, we can choose to ask the Lord to help us be alert and aware of the ways in which the enemy attacks.
Jesus is responsible for our biology, and He knows our brokenness. Instead of shedding our humanity, we can instead choose to move toward healing by clinging to the truth spoken in Psalm 139:13, For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Each of us is a snowflake of Jesus–no one the same, designed intentionally and uniquely by the creator of the universe.
The enemy wants to use our biology and brokenness to attack. But Jesus, if we allow Him, can use it to propel us forward to healing, and a more joy-filled life.
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