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GOD’S WORD IN TIMES OF SADNESS
LORD’S DAY, MARCH 10
Psalm 119:136

Jeremiah 9:1-11

 

“…and mine eyes
a fountain of tears, that

I might weep day and night…”

 

GOD’S WORD IN TIMES OF SADNESS
 
Sadness is the state of emotion when the person is sorrowful. It may be due to the loss of someone dear to us. It can be grieving over some afflictions or persecutions. However, the context does not suggest these kinds of sadness. It is more than these.
 
The reason: Taking into consideration the previous verses and the current one, it seems the situation is far worse than what we can imagine. Nonetheless, it can be due to the oppressors that attempt to destroy the work of the Lord. The psalmist sees that they impact the preaching of the Gospel. This results in the disruption of the work of the Lord in the harvest field. He knows well that this means many are deprived of the preaching of the Word because of these oppressors.
 
The situation: The psalmist is crying! But the sadness is extraordinary. He grieves until he sheds tears like rivers of water. This hyperbole represents the internal sadness that he has. Nothing can hold back his tears. His sorrow is intense because it is not just losing material things but souls to hell. Many are marching to their destiny in eternal condemnation all because of the hindrance that is caused by people who do not keep the law of God. The weeping appears unending. It would stop should God intervene to console his mourning heart over the souls of many who are to perish. Such is the effect of selfish people who think they have no responsibility over the salvation of others. They are deceived to think salvation is theirs but they have no duty towards others.
 
Dear reader, be not one of those who have no qualms entertaining and pursuing pleasure for themselves without any thought of the souls of the unsaved. Live not for yourself because you think your life and resources are all yours. Without the Lord granting you the grace to believe, you are left to perish forever in hell. God, who is great in love and bountiful in mercy, has given us the perfect way of salvation in the Lord Jesus. If He has done this for us, why can’t we extend such to the rest of the people in this world who are without hope and future because they are in darkness? Are we not grieving for their souls?
 
THOUGHT: Am I grieving over the souls of many?

PRAYER: Father, may I love Thee, and love my brethren as myself.

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