The world is obviously broken. The world does not function in a predictable manner. Earthquakes and storms have killed thousands of people. Hearing and watching the news, observing our circumstances, and listening to the experiences of others will make us arrive at the obvious conclusion that the world is broken. The creation that God has declared to be good in Genesis 1 has been damaged by sin.
And we know deep inside of our hearts that it is not just the world that is broken, we also are broken. We could not live this life without experiencing sickness, deformities, and incapacities in us and the people around us. People are dying every day. Death is the ultimate consequence and universal proof that our bodies have been damaged by sin.
That is why, we should expect brokenness in our lives and the lives of others around us. We should not be shocked and stressed out when brokenness surfaces because it is to be expected from the world and the self that is broken and tainted by sin. And when we ground our expectations and perceptions with this reality, brokenness becomes a little bit bearable because we have accepted the truth.
But God is just so loving, gracious, and merciful because He did not just leave us and this world in a never-ending state of brokenness resulting in horrible suffering in this life and eternity. God sent his Son to rescue us and the world from brokenness. Christ lived, died, resurrected, and ascended to save His people from their brokenness and their horrific destiny. The Holy Spirit applies the saving work of Christ in our hearts when we hear the good news of what Christ did to sinful people. God grants us the grace to repent and have faith in Jesus. We become new creatures in Christ through faith. (1 Cor. 5:17) Indeed, there is still available hope in this broken world through Christ. God is in the process of ridding ourselves of all brokenness that we have until it is fully gone when we will be in His presence and see Him face to face.
And it is not just us that God is transforming, “the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time” (Rom. 8:22) will also be transformed to our long-awaited dwelling place: a new heaven and a new earth. (Rev. 21)
In this ever-joyful state of glory, the brokenness we have experienced in this world are light and momentary as compared to what God has prepared for us. Let us wait with joyful longing the time when we will have our glorified bodies to be with the Lord of glory in a glorified place. This is the time when we joyfully experience God and everything that God has created in all its fullness. Sin will be no more. Brokenness will be no more. Pain will be no more. Because “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (Rev. 21:4)
By grace alone 