Isaiah 33:23

Picture a vessel lying becalmed on a glassy sea—not a breath of air stirs a sail.

But, presently , the little pennant far up on the masthead begins to stir and lift! There is not a ripple on the water , not the slightest movement of the air on deck, but there is a current stirring in the upper air! At once the sails are spread to catch it!

Those people God uses most to bring glory to Himself are those who are completely broken, for the sacrifice He accepts is a “broken and contrite heart.” It was not until Jacob’s natural strength was broken, when “his hip was wrenched” (Genesis 32:25) at Peniel, that he came to the point where God could clothe him with spiritual power.

And it was not until Moses struck the rock at Horeb, breaking its surface, that cool “water [came] out of it for the people to drink” (Exodus 17:6).