ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS USE OF SORROW/GRIEF IN OUR LIVES - PART 2

Hopefully, you remember the question I left you with in the SORROW Blog Part 1? “Could it be that Sorrow/Grief actually began when we were born?" How so, you might rightfully ask?

Let's consider what took place in the Garden of Eden in Genesis, Chapter 3 - "The Temptation and the Fall of Man"!

Hopefully, you are very much aware of what took place concerning Adam and Eve and their rebellion against God. God said to Eve in Genesis 3:16:

"I will greatly multiply your SORROW and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you."

And we know how the deceiver has used the "rule over you" declaration to create rebellion is so many women, tragically!

Could we declare that we witness another powerful work of Satan? Then in verse 17, God said, "Because you heeded the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, you shall not eat of it" and God continues with the "thou shall nots" from this time forth! Then in verses 23-24, God sent them out of the garden! Thus the battle between good and evil begins with the concept of sorrow being injected into the lives of mankind and tragically, we believers suffer sorrow/grief and will continue to until the Lord returns because of Adam and Eve's disobedience - for God says what He means and means what He says!

We can well declare that sorrow/grief indeed steals our peace and our joy and consequently so keeps us from being still and hearing His still small voice declaring "this is the way, walk ye in it" (Isaiah 30:21). Question. . .is there anything whatsoever in your life, past/present or in the days to come, that is keeping you from hearing the Lover of your soul as He declares "this is the way, walk ye in it"?

This blog might not find you in sorrow/grief at this moment but consider that you could well be friends with someone who is going through sorrow/grief, and hopefully there would be wisdom in this blog that would assist you in ministering to them.

Please keep in mind that sorrow/grief can also be the consequence(s) of our disobedience concerning the ways of God. Again, consider Genesis 3, for as just stated, this is the very beginning of sorrow/grief not only for mankind, but also for the Triune God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit because of Adam and Eve's disobedience! And as we well know, the Father had to send His only son Jesus to the cross to set man free - those who will surrender their lives to become the sheep in the pasture of the Lord our Shepherd.

Some time ago, I was found myself in sorrow/grief and was sitting before the Lord and the Holy Spirt spoke to me "do you trust Me?", as related to that which I was dealing with, and then He said, "now you have an inkling of how I 'grieve' over My children."  And the thus the question becomes "Am I grieving my Lord God Almighty"?  I want to close with the encouraging scripture in James 1:2-7:

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let that man suppose that he will receive anything of the Lord." 

Thus, I encourage you to inquire of the Lord regarding His wisdom concerning the question "Am I grieving You, Lord, and if so, how am I grieving You"? (Biblical quotes are courtesy of the "New Spirit-Filled Life Bible", NKJV.) 

To be continued in Blog 3

Be glorified, O Lord, be glorified!