The Sermon on the Mount - No. 2

Key Lessons

 

Matthew 5:4 … “God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

 

            In the world we live in being happy must come at any cost for the ungodly. So when tragedy strikes, they have no idea how to react, so they overreact. They largely blame God, which is interesting to me. They don’t pray to God, worship God, or serve him in any capacity, yet he is the first name that comes to their lips when things go awry. That along with using his name as a curse. As a side note, isn’t it interesting, in a tragic sense, that the name God and / or Jesus Christ are the only names of deitys’ that are verbalized as curses? Not Buddha, or Hari Krishna or Mohammed, only Almighty God and Jesus Christ. It’s the enemy’s way of marginalizing the one true God and his Son.

            Those who proclaim Christ as Lord and Savior of their life will sooner or later have reason to mourn, however, our Heavenly Father promises to both bless and comfort those who do. ⁽¹⁾ There is a very specific reason for God’s comfort toward those who mourn, and that reason lies in Paul’s 2^nd letter to the church in Corinth. Paul says: “He (God) comforts us in all our troubles so we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.” It can’t get a whole lot clearer than that. Everything happens for a purpose.  Allow yourself to be open to God’s peace and comfort, for a peaceful spirit exists due to the comfort we receive from our Lord. 

            We will invariably become sad at one time or another, perhaps over a lost loved one, but though they are no longer with you, God is with you always and his comfort helps you slowly move past your sorrow into a new position of positivity and praise. Mourning is for only a moment (comparatively speaking), but joy comes in the morning and lasts for all eternity. God is many things, and one thing is he is joyful. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing.

In his name & for his glory,

Richard Keller

Bread of Life Ministries

(1) “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released, and prisoners will be freed.  He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.” (Isaiah 61:1-2)