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18 June 2025

Hope in Brokenness

Dear Church Family,

As we continue our journey through 2 Samuel, we’ve been following the incredible rise of David - the shepherd boy turned king, the man after God’s own heart. But now, we’ve entered a sobering part of the story, the fall of David.

Reading these chapters can feel heavy. And yet, strangely enough, they are also deeply comforting. The Bible doesn’t hide David’s sins—lust, deception, abuse, murder, broken relationships—it’s all laid bare before us. God’s Word is honest about human brokenness. And in a world like ours, we need that honesty.

The world today isn’t much different. In just the last few years, we’ve seen war break out between Russia and Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza, and now escalating tensions with Iran. Brokenness is everywhere. And when we take it all in, it’s easy to lose hope.

Sometimes I think, If even David—the man who defeated Goliath, who wrote so many psalms, who loved God so deeply, who brought the ark to Jerusalem, who wanted to build the temple—if even he could fall like this, is there hope for me?

And here’s the hard truth - there is no hope to be found in humanity alone. Not in our goodness. Not in our strength. Not in our achievements.

Can the world’s most powerful man together with the world’s richest man solve the deepest problem of humanity? I don’t think so. In fact, I suspect God has allowed the two to come together to show us this very thing: that only God is our true and lasting hope.

The good news is this: The Word became flesh. Jesus Christ came—fully God, fully man—to live the life we couldn’t live, to die the death we deserved, and to rise again to break the curse of sin. He showed us what it means to be truly human, and He offers us a new heart, a new spirit, and a new hope.

So, let me gently ask, “Where is your hope today?”

Is it in your investments? Your intellect? Your family? Your plans? Your security? Even in the AI technology?

These things may improve our lives in some ways, but they cannot save our souls. They cannot deal with sin. Only Jesus can.

So today, may I encourage you—put your hope in Jesus, and Jesus alone. He is our eternal hope. He is the One who can restore what is broken, renew what is weary, and redeem even the darkest parts of our story.

As the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 15:13,

 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him,

 so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Only Jesus can bring peace with God, peace within ourselves, and peace with others.

There is hope in brokenness. His name is Jesus.

In Christ’s love,

Ps Kenny