On this weeks blog post, we are going to be doing a joint-blog together. Since we both have past experience with this topic, we have decided to ask a series of questions and both answer them individually. The topic of discussion this week is being wrecked by God.
Question One: In our own words, define getting “wrecked” by God.
Abby: To look at the term “wrecked” and not feel complete devastation was the first encounter I had with this whole idea. It was my definition before I understood God's presence within the wrecking. Now my definition would have to consist of this:
Getting wrecked by God is a moment you encounter with God, of from God through another, that can change the amount of transparency of your vision and course in an area of your life.
Now, this might roll your mind in a downright position, but the impact a wrecking from God has can create a new plug within your heart. God is the only outlet and the only source, but new plugs are things that can change and be unplugged. And things that change or are unplugged can be random. I bring this point back around and say, this plug is a wrecking from God. It's changed how I personally view situations and conversations through the multitude of different plugs and times he wrecks me. All in which lead to God providing the energy to get through the wrecking in which he has placed within or upon me.
Bryttany: When I think about getting wrecked by God, I think of God tearing me down. He tears me down like a house. He tears me down so he can build me back up. While he tears me down, he breaks down walls. These walls can be fear, insecurities, worry, stress, anxiety, depression, pleasing others, self-image, and I could continue on with this list. Walls can be ways we keep a distance from God and people, hiding who we are, and keep us from growing spiritually. After God tears me down along with my walls, he builds me back up. When he builds me back up it not back to my old original condition, but he builds me back up into a more beautiful condition. A condition I have never experienced before.
Question Two: What is our personal experience, of getting wrecked by God?
Abby: My personal experience of getting wrecked isn't devastation, but triumph. In who I am because of God, and triumph in who God is and what He has taught me through it. The first time I heard this term, was from a friend of mine who told me the word came upon her from God. It was a nervous and defeated feeling. Not to mention it was right after I told her I had gotten into a relationship with one of my closest friends. All she said was “you are about to get wrecked by God.” At this point, I was an early Christian and hadn't really understood this wrecking that was in my midst. I ended up figuring out that this wrecking had a positive impact on me. Not in the fact that the boy and I had broken up, but more in the sense that the whole relationship had been a wrecking on my life from God. It wasn't to hurt me, it was to make me understand. To find this plug and access the outlet of God to better define my singleness and independence. I truly believe this wrecking or plug, was one that God made last until I realized it shouldn't be plugged in anymore. In other words, I should have unplugged the relationship sooner because it was a bad plug. God kept telling my whole mind that this wasn't going to fit in His outlet because it wasn't from him. I kept it in the back of my mind instead of taking action. Though this might seem like a story that represents full failure, God wrecked me using multiple plugs. Though I wasn't using His until I understood His plugs fit perfectly according to Him.
“We can't plug in a plug that's broken, and pretend that it fits into Gods outlet.”
Bryttany: My experiences of getting wrecked by God always look like when he answers a prayer, when I read a bible verse that I really needed to hear, when a person prays over me, when I hear a sermon that speaks to me, when God ruins my plans to give me his plans that end up being better than my own plans and at the altar. After moments of God wrecking me, I have never been the same. I leave those moments as a different person. I fall more in love with my savior because he changes everything. I find at my lowest, most vulnerable moments is when God wrecks me the most. When I pray the most authentic prayers is when Jesus starts to do a new thing in me. I don’t have to put up a front with Jesus, he takes me as I am.
Question Three: After our experiences of getting wrecked by God, how did our daily lives change?
Abby: I have been wrecked by God on multiple occasions and typically a daily basis. Every time I dig into the Word, or pray and get a response from God I am wrecked by God. He doesn't just wreck me through the term “wreck” but wrecks me through situations with friends who are also close to God. There are different ways to get wrecked by God, and sometimes yes it is hard to get through, but in the end, God’s wrecking promotes a patch of fixing. I look at this whole “getting wrecked by God” as an opportunity to open my heart and mind in my daily life.
Bryttany: My daily life changed by how I lived it. After these get wrecked moments I have started treating people differently, I watch what music and social media I intake, how much I spend with God, the way I talk to others, my habits change, and my heart changes. Not only does my heart change but my mind beings to change. My thoughts start to change into more Christ-like thoughts. My life becomes more of a reflection of how God can make beauty out of ashes.
Get Wrecked.
XOXO -Bryttany and Abby
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