Mourning to Morning

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

Matthew 5:4

Jesus came to a people in distress to be their Messiah, to be the promised deliverer, which had been promised from the Garden of Eden when man gave into sinful desire. The beatitudes reveal the redemptive and loving heart of the Father shown through His Son.

“Blessed are you when you mourn.” Have you ever felt that you have to be strong and that you don’t have the right or freedom to express your sorrow? Jesus tells us that we are free to do so. Blessed are you mourn. This is another one of Jesus teachings that to the human mind and understanding seems to contradict the message Jesus came to give. How can a redemptive and loving God say such a thing?

Jesus tells us that in this world we will face trouble (John 16:33; Matthew 10:16; Luke10: 3). But with each warning of trouble comes the victorious promise of His triumph. The triumph that Jesus promises us in Matthew 5:4 is that of comfort. God will comfort us in our mourning.

This mindset may conflict with what you have been trained to do in times of peril. When times come in your life when mourning is necessary for whatever reason, I want to encourage you to mourn. Mourn at His feet, mourn clinging to the cross, mourn and let the Spirit intercede for you (Romans 8:26). The finished work of the cross gives us freedom to find freedom in Christ in our times of mourning.

I have fallen short of this blessing many times. I have tried to be strong and hold things together. What I was missing out in by that doing that was the Comforter (John 14:26), and the Father’s love given to me through Him because of the victorious work of Jesus on the cross. Be weak, be vulnerable, be available for God’s healing comforting work in your life. He loves you. He is Faithful. When Jesus says a blessing is coming, take it to the bank. Blessed are you when you mourn, He will be faithful, and He will comfort. He is the God who brings us from mourning to morning. He tells us “weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). He will take you from your mourning and bring you to a new day and a brighter morning. He is faithful. He is God.

“Little Children, you are from God and overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

1 John 4:4