Here’s something we don’t talk about enough: what it means to have a broken heart. And it's a huge disservice to not talk about it because it is one of the primary reasons Jesus came to us.
“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…” (Isaiah 61:1)
The fifth reason you’re not getting what you want in life could be this:
5. You have a fractured sense of identity (a broken heart).
We talked about reasons number one, two, three and four. Today we look at number five.
I didn’t understand the inner workings of the heart until I read my theology professor’s book, Moving Your Invisible Boundaries. It was the first time anyone explained the function of the heart and how the heart forms the limiting beliefs that control our lives.
In my last post I talked about the information the heart holds and disseminates from us in the form of energy. The heart is the seat of our identity. It is where we hold our beliefs about who we are, about who God is and about the world around us. When we experience a fractured sense of identity we have a broken heart.
In its most basic form, a fractured sense of identity is created when there is tension or incongruency in one’s sense of self that creates inner stress. It is from inner stress that depression and anxiety, addictive behaviors, and cognitive dissonance originate. More intense experiences of chronic inner tension can become more severe mental disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Our spirituality is impacted by mental distress and our mental distress impacts our spirituality.
But what comes first–the chicken or the egg?
Belief. Our beliefs come first. All of the beliefs about who we are, the sense of self we experience and the abiding emotions that ensue are formulated by what we believe about God, ourselves, and the Kingdom of Heaven. Even a hairline fracture in the heart can keep us from seeing and experiencing the reality of heaven on earth.
Limiting beliefs trigger our Reticular Activating System (RAS) to do what it was made to do. Your RAS takes your belief and creates a filter for you that sifts through all of the data you take in and presents only the pieces that validate your beliefs. Whatever you believe about God, your RAS will find evidence to make it real to you. Whatever you believe about yourself, your RAS will find evidence to make it real to you. And the same thing is true about the Kingdom of Heaven.
In other words, you are never getting what you don’t believe to be true out of life.
Said another way, you are always getting what you believe to be true out of life.
The key to overcoming is to change what you believe about God, which will change what you believe about yourself, which will change how you use your keys to the kingdom to bring heaven to earth.
There is so much to unpack here! Check out my best resources for changing the way you see God so you can get life to work and live a life that is worthy of being called life!
Profile(d): See Him As He Really Is
Getting Life to Work: The Names of God
And be sure to check out this week’s new episode on the podcast where I give you a quick process to discover your calling, purpose, vision…all the things!!
Love y’all so much!
