Blessed = Flourishing, Divine Joy
Why Is There A Need For Grief?
We grieve because deep down, we know this is not how things were meant to be.
---
1. State = Blessed
2. Condition = Mourning
3. Reward = Comfort
--
Psalm 51:10-12
“10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.”
Psalm 51:16-17
“16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering.17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God”
Jesus Mourned
2 Corinthians 1:3
“The Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.”
Psalm 34:18
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted”
“The way travail works is that God lays upon your heart the burden for how He feels about a person or situation. The weight of that burden pressing down on your heart compels you to go to God for relief. You confront the situation first in the spirit, before you have to deal with it in the flesh.”
- Joseph Mattera
“4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
Revelation 21:4