REAPING

Psalms 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

THIS MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES ON THE MANY LESSONS OF REAPING WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALL WILL DO, THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL WE REAP?

IN THIS PSALM WE SEE THAT IF LIFE HAS SERVED US A MYRIAD OF REASONS TO CRY THAT WE ARE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE JOY'S PROMISED AFTERWARD.

MOST OF LIFE'S TEARS ARE PRECIPITATED BY HEARTBREAK, DISASTER, TRAGEDY, LOSS, GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT, LONELINESS, AND NEGATIVE EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, OR DUE TO OUR OWN NEGLECT, AND/OR POOR DECISIONS.

THOUGH I AM AWARE OF TEARS OF JOY, FROM MY OWN LIVE'S EXPERIENCES THE MAJORITY OF EVERY TEAR EVER SHED IN MY LIFE HAVE NOT BEEN TEARS OF JOY.

IN ALL HONESTY I AM STILL AWAITING MY JOY, WHICH I'M SURE THE ULTIMATE JOY REFERRRED TOO HERE IS THE JOY OF BEING WITH THE LORD ETERNALLY.

I WOULDN'T BE HONEST THOUGH IF I FAILED TO GIVE THE LORD CREDIT FOR THE JOY I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN BETWEEN THE TEARS SHED.

GOD IS A VERY GOOD GOD, AND HE HAS BEEN EXCEEDINGLY GOOD TO ME INSPITE OF MY TEARS, BUT I ADMIT I AM STILL PURSUING AN EVEN GREATER JOY THEN I HAVE YET TO FIND HERE ON EARTH.

THANKS BE TO GOD, AND THIS PSALM THOUGH YOU AND I CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT OUR EARTHLY TEARS ARE NOT IN VAIN.



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONISHMENT: GO ON AND CRY, THE PSALMIST, AND GOD KNEW WE WOULD, BUT BE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE WILL REAP JOY BEFORE IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.