Title 《I Must Have Tears》 (May 2)
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“There must be tears”
(John 11:32-37)
(…) The joys, sorrows, emotions, and pains of life are expressed through tears. God has stored tears because we need them. Tears are instruments of grace. Tears purify our souls. It clears and purifies the soul.(…) Makes life honest.(…) And after tears, there are always amazing results. The life of the shed tears changed, and a miracle happened. David wets his bed with tears and repents of his sins. In the midst of suffering, Job weeps and meets God. Hezekiah wept and prayed on the sickbed of death and lived for another 15 years.(…) Today’s text shows the Lord weeping in front of the tomb of Lazarus.(…) What are the meanings of the Lord’s tears?
① Tears are love in the midst of tribulation.
(…) The Lord was grieved over the death of Lazarus and wept. The Lord's tears contain the Lord's deep love for Lazarus.(…) Looking at Psalm 137, the national tribulation sheds national tears. God feeds tears through national tribulation, but it was God's love. God raises his people in the form of tribulation. Tribulation comes to disappoint and frustrate me. However, the tears she shed in it achieve patience and give hope. Tears are God's love that you put into your troubles.
② Tears mean repentance.
Tears contain the nourishment of repentance.(…) In the Old Testament times, repentant people wore sackcloth, loosened their hair, and fasted. Then you put ashes on your head. The tears that flowed then combine with the ashes to become lye, which flows down the cheeks and enters the mouth. God feeds the criminals with tears and brings them back to life. That is repentance.(…) Those who repent are destined to cry.(…) Let the children of today know God, and if they do something wrong, they should make them cry before God. God puts love in those tears. We must have the humility and godliness to shed the tears of repentance.
③ There is a mission in the tears.
(…) Tears accompany those who try to fulfill their mission. Jeremiah wept with the revelation of God in his heart. Paul, the apostle John, and Timothy also wept a lot while ministering. The mission is hard, difficult, and painful. God makes us overcome with tears (…) We all have a mission. It is a mission to establish a family, a mission to raise children, and a mission to serve the church sincerely and become the light of the world. The missionary's tears make the mission accomplished.(…) They say they are worried about how to raise their children in a world where faith is lost, love grows cold, and false lessons are rife. Where there are tears, there is a holy history of healing and restoration. There must be tears now. In tears, resentment, complaints, and accusations disappear, and vision is visible. Amen.