Jesus faced a brutal last week on earth. We
think we have hard weeks, but nothing was like His. I encourage you this week
to read in the Gospel account of what happened to prepare your heart for Maundy
Thursday, and Good Friday services. We all know things are bad today. The world
around us is literally going to hell. We are watching the decay of civilization
before us. Jesus is still weeping but many of us are not. Have we lost
our tears? Tears speak so much louder than words. What about Faith?
Compassion? Grace?
There
is Good News! Jesus is still touched by our broken hearts and troubled by our
blinded eyes.
The question, Is the Lord weeping with you or over you today? There is
a huge difference between the two.
The last time weeping is mentioned in the
Bible is Revelation 21:4, God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes. This is our hope. David said it best, For His anger is
but for a moment, His favor is for a life; weeping may endure for a night, but
joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 God is not far off and removed. He is
very near – touched by our tears and weeps with us. He is troubled by our
blinded eyes and weeps over us.
It’s okay to cry. Like Martha in John
11, “25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by
believing in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives believes
in me will never die. Do you
believe this?”
Wherever you are today in
life know that God loves you and has a better plan for you.
