Apr 26, 2007 - A time for grief

Apr 26, 2007



Jesus went to the cross so that we could have something. Jeremiah tells us what it is.


Jer 31:13-14 NET
(13) The LORD says, "At that time young women will dance and be glad.
Young men and old men will rejoice.
I will turn their grief into gladness.
I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.
(14) I will provide the priests with abundant provisions.
My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide."



God wants to provide for us. He wants to turn our grief into gladness and sorrow in to joy. That is not to say we will not have times of grief or sorrow. They are a natural part of life. We are not to live in them. I know of people who sorrow because of things that happened to them when they were young. God says to them, stop, that was then, this was now. Stop living in the past and go forward. Let me show you joy.

To often we just want to live back in the sorrow and grief. It is much easier to live with it. It takes work to move yourself out of those and into joy and gladness. There is a reward however. Verse 14 tells us that the priest will have abundant provision and the people will be filled with what He provides. God wants to provide for you but you have to work your way out of the situation. In business they say that you dangle a carrot in front of people to get them to work. This is God's carrot. If you live in the grief and sorrow it leads to depression. Depression keeps you from working to your full potential. If you do not work to your full potential you cannot get the jobs that you deserve. So even in the natural, this is true. It is so much more in the spiritual. If we move through the depression, and move on to what is good for us, we can receive all that God wants us to.

Take time to grieve in a situation. But know that the Lord will provide for you in all that you need when you work your way through it.