Sow Your Tears; Joy Is Coming

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm 126:5-6

The verses taken from this psalm reminds us today of the true strain a Christian must go through to live according to the will of God… This road isn’t a (n) easy road to travel nor is it something that we can just take up and conquer without much effort… When you accept Jesus Christ has your personal Lord and Savior you are already battling the desires to live a life of sin; however, this fight only intensifies and leads the writer to inform you that you will “sow in tears…” The bottom line is that this course of life isn’t for the weak at heart; this excursion was never promised to be easy and will in fact test your faith and resolve. In living a life pleasing to God, we must do a 180 degree turn from what we are accustom to doing naturally… The things that come naturally are the things that we must cut off, so we can definitely understand the thought in this passage that informs us that this journey will not be smooth… There will be days in your life where you want to give up, there will be times when you feel like all hope in gone, there will be moments when you feel the weight of your changes and desire to revert back to the easy path of life… 

The verse starts off by saying, “they that sow in tears shall reap in joy…” The psalmist is speaking to us today to let us know that you are assured to cry sometimes, you are assured to be down sometimes, you are assured to feel weak sometimes, but you must ignite your faith in your weakest moment, you must ignite your faith when everyone has turned on you and know that you will indeed reap joy or the benefits of your labor… God says that when we labor in the Lord we will not labor in vain… Understand that as long as you are committed to adhering to the will of God, as long as you are committed to following Him, none of your labor will be in vain… He will hear your cry, He will answer and He will deliver on HIS TIME… We all have heard that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the mourning… The question I pose to you, is do you believe that? Do you believe that tears of sorrow eventually turn to tears of joy; do you trust that bitterness becomes sweet and you will come through the fire purified? 

These are the questions that a child of God affirmatively answers YES too. The psalmist reminds us that we will sow in tears, to sow means to plant, spread, or scatter. This tells me that God knows and is forewarning us that there will be times where we simply will have to trust Him, there will be days that don’t make sense and there will be periods in you lives that don’t add up. When you plant a seed it doesn’t sprout immediately, planting is a testament to your faith… Planting seeds in tears means that we will plant in the worse of times and will not see the results immediately… Some of the seeds we plant are through the lose of a job, the dividing of our house and the pains of life… Through these things we plant seeds by believing in God’s way, having faith the size of a mustard seed and holding on to His unchanging hand… Remember that you are the seed of Abraham and just like a seed in the traditional since, you must be nurtured watered and molded. 

There are a lot of elements that play into the growth of a seed. Everything that you face in life, everything that you are subjected to and everything that you go through are the tears (water) and pain (nurturing) that is need for your growth to blossom into the radiant creature that God designed you to be… Even in the darkness hours of our lives, we must continue to sow the seed of God in our living... That’s done by not complaining, that’s done by praising and adoring His holy name no matter what storms come your way… It is in this time that you must continue to sow, even when tears flow like a river or stream, you must continue to plant the seeds of righteousness, plant the seeds of humility, plant the seeds of faith. This next piece in this passage says, “that he the goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed shall come again rejoicing with his sheaves.” When you sow a seed through the hard times and agonizing season of life that seed is precious… It produces more faith when it sprouts and you appreciate it more because of the labor and work that you put into it…Everything that God has for you is for you! Joy comes in the morning and we shall reap a harvest if we faint not…

Weep, plant, believe and conquer…

ALL FOR HIS GLORY!