A Man Undone and Crushed

"Therefore in this plight he went home, and strained himself as
long as he could, so that his wife and children would not notice his
distress. But he could not be silent long for the reason that his
trouble increased. Therefore at length he broke down to his wife
and children; and thus he began to talk to them. “Oh my dear
wife,” he said, “and you the children of my bowels, I your dear
friend am myself undone and crushed, by reason of a burden that 
weighs heavily upon me: moreover, I am certainly informed that this 
our city will be burned with fire from Heaven, in which fearful 
overthrow, both myself, with you my wife and sweet babes, shall 
come to a miserable ruin, except, which alternative is not yet 
apparent, some way of escape can be found, whereby we may 
be delivered.” John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress


Where has brokenness over sin gone? What happened to the shame over habitual sin? People have done things I would have never dreamed that they would have done, but that isn't what surprised me, it was the lack of brokenness in their lives.


A man after God's own heart is crushed when he falls. Like Isaiah, the man has seen that without a redeemer he is filthy. Woe is me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." Isaiah 6:5


He is so miserable he cannot keep quiet about it. His burden has become so heavy, it is crushing the breath out of him. No matter how hard he has tried to be better, he has failed. So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. Romans 7:21 He wants to be free of the burden. He is fearfully of the penalty. He wants to be rescued. Who will come to his aid?