Blessed are those who mourn
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” Matthew 5:4
Has the Holy Spirit inside of you ever mourned? Have you ever looked around you and seen the filth of this world? Have you seen the wrecking ball of sin and Satan crush individuals, families, and friends? Have you stopped and looked inside your own heart and seen what thrives there?
If you've seen these then the Spirit of your soul mourns. You sense a deep weeping within of the suffering, the misery, the bondage surrounding you. There's this abiding grief at the onslaught of sins destruction and the broken lives left in its path.
If you stay there, if you live and dwell on such mourning it will consume you but God's provided us a Comforter who reminds us and guides us and carries us towards prayer.
Not a prayer for miseries end but that such pain will prompt hearts to look outward and upward. Often we pray not because we mourn not. The sights, sounds, and frills around us have us giddy; we are distracted by the idols and pleasures of this world; we are consumed by the getting and not the giving. Where are the men and women of God who cry and weep and shudder in mourning, in prayer, and in the fear of Almighty God?
For in the book of James we are reminded: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners: and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4: 8-10).
We are comforted although we mourn... We are joyful and yet we weep... We are led to share despite our apprehensions, despite the obstacles, and despite the cost the Good News of Christ our Lord! (Psalm 38:6).
Has the Holy Spirit inside of you ever mourned? Have you ever looked around you and seen the filth of this world? Have you seen the wrecking ball of sin and Satan crush individuals, families, and friends? Have you stopped and looked inside your own heart and seen what thrives there?
If you've seen these then the Spirit of your soul mourns. You sense a deep weeping within of the suffering, the misery, the bondage surrounding you. There's this abiding grief at the onslaught of sins destruction and the broken lives left in its path.
If you stay there, if you live and dwell on such mourning it will consume you but God's provided us a Comforter who reminds us and guides us and carries us towards prayer.
Not a prayer for miseries end but that such pain will prompt hearts to look outward and upward. Often we pray not because we mourn not. The sights, sounds, and frills around us have us giddy; we are distracted by the idols and pleasures of this world; we are consumed by the getting and not the giving. Where are the men and women of God who cry and weep and shudder in mourning, in prayer, and in the fear of Almighty God?
For in the book of James we are reminded: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners: and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4: 8-10).
We are comforted although we mourn... We are joyful and yet we weep... We are led to share despite our apprehensions, despite the obstacles, and despite the cost the Good News of Christ our Lord! (Psalm 38:6).
posted by Michael Byrd at 5:14 AM
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