Let Him break you

I once heard a minister say something that stayed with me:

“Sometimes God has to break you in order to build something on you.”

At the time, I didn’t fully grasp it. But as I looked back over the past few years of my life, those words began to make sense.

There were seasons that felt like a whirlwind. Relationships shifted, some friendships faded, and new ones formed in unexpected places. I stepped away from things I once believed were lifelong assignments and found myself walking into new spaces I never imagined.

And through it all, I could see God’s hand.

God often takes us out of what feels familiar so we can learn to depend on Him completely.

Comfort can keep us stagnant.
But discomfort can grow us.

When God is preparing us for something greater, He begins shaping us, sometimes quietly, sometimes through experiences we don’t immediately understand.

And when He’s ready to reveal what He’s been forming, His handiwork speaks for itself.

There’s an old song that says:

“Please be patient with me, God is not through with me yet.”

That lyric carries truth. Growth often feels like refinement, like being placed in the fire, not to destroy us, but to purify us.

God isn’t trying to harm us in those seasons. He’s shaping, strengthening, and aligning us with His purpose.

And when we come through it, we may not even recognize who we’ve become.

Along the journey, it helps to pause and ask:

What is God trying to show me here?
What is He removing?
What is He building instead?

Sometimes, the people or paths we lose were never meant to carry us into our next season. As Job said:

“The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Trusting God means believing that both the giving and the taking are part of His plan.

We are all still being shaped. Still being molded. Still being prepared for what God has called us to become.

So if life feels like a process right now, take heart: He’s not finished yet.