Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today- August 4, 2012
“He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.” Isaiah 25:8
Sorrow is the fruit of sin in a fallen world; it has the liberty to inflict pain. No one is immune from sorrow. Sorrow is created by sin, death, divorce, selfishness, poverty, rejection, loss, and fear. Sorrow is all around, circling its prey like vultures around a carcass, ready to pick away at the meat of your soul. Sorrow does not discriminate among races, gender, social class, or stage of life. It causes a weepy heart and a weary mind. It never goes away in this lifetime. Your sorrow may be overwhelming to the point of anguish and despair. The hurt is about to drive you crazy. You feel you can’t handle it. You have lost perspective and God seems a million miles away.
Things have gone from bad to worse; you have nowhere to turn. You have hit a brick wall and life seems to be crumbling around you. Sorrow is like a ball and chain around your joy and you live in the regret of the past rather than the hope of the future. Your current circumstances and worries are crushing down on you to the point of claustrophobia. However, you do not have to stay in this state of perpetual sadness. There is a way out, there is hope. There is a balm for your scarred soul; you can be rescued from drowning in your sorrows.
Jesus is the Savior; He will save you from your sorrows. He was a man acquainted with grief. Sorrow is not foreign to Him. He was a man of many sorrows. He was inflicted with, not just one, but multiple sorrows. He is a sympathetic Savior waiting to soothe your pain. He wants to gently wipe away your tears. So, ask Him to dive in and rescue you from thrashing about in the deep waters of your sorrows. He, at the very least, will be with you. He wants to walk with you during this dark night of your soul. He does not want you to battle sorrow alone.
Others may not understand, but He does. You may not know how to put your sorrow into words, but He still comprehends. Nothing is beyond the omniscience of your Sovereign Lord. His resources are limitless and always just what you need. Tap into a minuscule fraction of His grace, and you will find peace and forgiveness. He comforts and caresses your heart, and He can break the chains of sorrow that grip your soul.
So, take the medication of His grace. Administer larger doses in the beginning to stop the spread of sorrow’s infection. He wants you to experience His abundant life in Christ. He wipes away your tears in heaven and on earth. Sorrow removal is His specialty. Let God remove your points of sorrow one by one as if they were trees downed by a storm’s horrific winds. He will lift them individually from the objects they have crushed. He will replace hurt with healing. Sorrow is temporary with God; His joy is permanent. Let Him remove your sorrow, and you will be glad you did. So will the many others who love you and pray for you. He is the Savior of your sorrows. The Scripture is majestic: “…and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away” (Isaiah 35:10).
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“The hurt is about to drive you crazy. You feel you can’t handle it. You have lost perspective and God seems a million miles away.”
The devil is a liar!!
I bind the lies of all satanic helpers and forces, in the name of Jesus. Satan and his emps are not about the drive me crazy. Through Christ I can do (and handle) all things. God is in the midst of it all, no matter what satan tries to emply or suggest.
God’s Word will not return to me void.
The devil is a liar!!!
I lost my beloved husband of 57 years a little over a month ago. Today hasn’t been a good day until I read this message. It was what I needed at this moment. I know that he is with me at all times, and espically when the tears start. I can feel his presence with me.
This is great timing for this message. I have been dealing with so much sadness this past week. Isolating my self from my family and worse my husband. The sadness I feel is chocking away my life. With this send today I think that I might try to find a way to cope before it gets worse. It is said that you will only be given what you can handle. Well God has more faith in me then I do cause I feel so overwhelmed with life most of the time. Then I guess that is when I let the sadness take over, from all the lose. Nine deaths in 16 months then to find out my daughter was a twin, that I have been carrying for almost two years. Trying to question why if there was anyway to prevent it. If the trauma and stress early in pregnancy had anything to do with it. Trying to find God’s path for me, and breaking down these walls I have built need to be the order of the day.
I should have read this yesterday – I skipped SS today because of my unstoppable tears. Our youngest son is going off to war – again – and I am having trouble trusting with my worry. This time is even harder because my sister recently lost her “baby boy” in a motorcycle accident. I will cling to God’s Word and pray. I know He goes with him and loves him even more!