“Greater Than My Sorrow”
Monday, July 29, 2024Key Verse
“… they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:10b
Text — Isaiah 35:8-10
Message
The Oxford dictionary defines sorrow as a feeling of deep distress caused by l oss, disappointment or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. Hannah had sorrow because of barrenness and mockery. Jabez had sorrow because of poverty and anguish that life offered him. Nehemiah also was sorrowful when he had the news of the bad state in which the city of Jerusalem was. As we go through life, at one time or the other, sorrow may come. But as a child of God, you must not allow your distress to weigh you down. Learn from Jabez, take your sorrow to God in prayers seek Him and every sorrow will flee.
Truly, weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning. The cause and the size of your sorrow is nothing compared to the power of God that makes impossibility become possible. Look up in faith and your sorrow today will be a testimony for you tomorrow.
Further Reading
1 Chronicles 4:10,10
Prayer for today
Heavenly Father, I come to You today, take away every sorrow from me.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
