NO MORE TEARS
Our Lord Jesus Christ came to save us, to restore our innocence, to give us hope, to remove our guilt and shame as a result of sin, but He also gave us a promise that sustains us day by day. He said He would wipe away all tears.
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away."
Every day those words become more precious to this suffering, weather-beaten, war-torn, relentlessly unhappy generation. What would those words mean to those who have never cried, never hungered, never suffered loss of homes, family and belongings. The Lord never said we would not have troubles, trials, hurts, and losses, but He promised a better day coming. He said He goes to prepare a place that where He is, we may be also. It's a place with golden streets, rivers of life, peace and love, where there is no darkness, and most of all; the most precious promise of all; there will be no more tears.
Why is there suffering, storms, wars, trials, hate, terror and torment? God never intended it to be that way for His beloved creation. It was His desire that we live in the Garden of Eden, never have to work, dwell in peace, love and tranquility. But, because man sinned, it began the expulsion from the Garden, the downhill spiral of death, and the release of evil and destruction.
The hope for the Christian is a life evermore with Jesus Christ and the saved gone before us. This life in earth, 70 to 90 years, more or less, is but a moment when we consider all of eternity, "with no more tears."
God did not leave us comfortless; He said, "Come unto me all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Do you feel you can't go on? Are you tempted to end it all? That is not the answer. When I was tempted in that way, the Lord took care of it for me once and for all; He said, "If you do that, you will never hear My voice again; you will never experience My presence again." That settled it; I would never entertain that thought again! The answer is to reach up to Your Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, and ask Him to fill you with His Spirit (Acts 2:38), pray and seek His face.
The Lord God Almighty left us a promise here in earth that is perhaps one of the greatest of all; He said, "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." (Isaiah 65:24)
Our tears are bottled up (Psalms 58:6), and our prayers are not lost in the winds, "And the smoke of the incense, {which came} with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand." When you cry, He will answer. You say, "I don't hear Him; I don't seem to get answers." Be filled with His Spirit, (Acts 19); if you have never spoken in other tongues "as the Spirit" gives the utterance, it is essential to hearing the Lord's voice and receiving His direction, guidance and comfort. The Bible says we sometimes don't know what to pray, but the Spirit of God, Jesus Christ our Lord, leads us into all truth.
We can't keep this treasured information to ourselves; there's a world of wet faces waiting to be dried. Their hope is no more pain, no more darkness, no more hurt, no more trials, and no more suffering! Just a few more days, and we're all headed home. The Saints will go marching in; we'll salute the Angel with the flaming sword, and check those "tears" at the Gate!
By Sheryl Fowler
(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com. PromiseLand Church,
Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)
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