School of tears!
Verse
for Today: Thursday, November 29, 2012
2 Samuel 15:30 – But David
continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and
he was barefoot.
The sum total of life is invariably
tears and heartaches. Such devastating experiences come to God’s children when they
are deprived of their standing in life by unexpected forces, sources and events.
Sometimes we are attacked by our enemy directly and at other times the enemy
uses our own nearest and dearest people to attack us. At other times tears fill
our eyes when the enemy uses our situations to hurt us. But our Lord permits painful
events or attacks in our lives so that we will learn valuable lessons from it. Some
tears are a result of the consequences of our own past shortcomings and
failures. It breaks our hearts when our dearest and nearest ones challenge and
intimidate us in life. Families are often the sources of such heartaches and
tears as in the case of David. Attacks and intimidation form families often
embarrass us over and above the pain it causes. When the enemy uses husbands
and wives or parents and children against each other, it causes unbearable
agony. In such cases, the seeds of rebellion are planted in human hearts by the
enemy to use it against us. At other times, we find that the enemy uses God’s
people to fight against each other or against God’s servants. When we are under
attack, many of our dear ones join in as co-conspirators and stand with the
enemy to fight against us to gain filthy lucre. When we are thus embattled, the
tenacious ones among us will fight back and go to any extent to win. The more
sensitive and softer souls like David will run away for life, weeping and
wearing sack clothes. But as we sink ourselves deep in heartaches, tears and embarrassment
and as we run for life rather than fight back, our God comes to comfort us that
this is not the end of the rope for us. His promises are still holding fast. He
can and will restore us in life with His joy by wiping our tears away and
healing our emotional wounds. He understands our painful situation,
predicaments and battles. Through it all, our Lord builds us up and teaches us
new lessons in trust and faith. He gives us the strength to climb mountains of
pain which become mountains of victory and joy.
Dear reader, are you a battered
soul today with deep hurt in your heart because of the battles you face from
unexpected corners? Have these attacks shattered your confidence and strength in
life? You might be asking why you have to go through such painful experiences
in life. But you must realize that God has a purpose in allowing you to go
through the present painful situation. He will reveal the reasons why He has
permitted the present pain in your life. If it is due to your own failures, you
must confess it and repent. It might be to make you trust in the Lord and His
mighty power alone rather than in your intellect or skills to manage
situations. As you go through pain and tears, your Lord comes to comfort you
and strengthen you to bear your pain and frustration. He pours oil and vine to
heal your emotional wounds. He will
teach you lessons in trust and faith to hold on to His promises. David had
failures in his life which made him quickly accept this painful situation which
was thrust upon him by his son Absalom. But it helped him to search his soul
and take responsibility for his son’s rebellion against him. He prayed to the
Lord to interfere and restore him. The Lord was out there with David as he
climbed the mountain of tears and brought him back with praise in his heart. The Lord restored David, his kingdom and
throne which was part of His eternal plan for him. Today He is out there to
restore, revive and rebuild His children who are brokenhearted and to heal
their wounds with the Balm of Gilead.
Psalms 116:8&9 – For You,
O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from
stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Thought
for today
God’s
school of tears teaches us humility and brokenness which are strong pillars to
rebuild us up.
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