“My eyes shed streams of tears,
because people do not keep your law.”
– Psalm 119:136
David wept because people disobeyed God’s commands. Do you? As you look around the world and see such overwhelming injustice, depravity, cruelty, immorality, ungodliness, hatred, violence, and abuse do you weep because of mankind’s sin? Do you mourn for the evil at work in the world and all who suffer from it? Or have you allowed yourself to become numb to it, closed your eyes to it, and chosen to ignore it to protect your heart and mind?
As painful as it is to really engage with the horrors of sin, God’s people should strive to remain tenderhearted and broken by human sin. We should stay sorrowful that the crown jewel of God’s creation so often rebels hatefully against Him. That’s what Jesus meant when He said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted…Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for the shall be satisfied.”
Cultivate a heart that is tender and broken for the darkness in the world. Let that heart lead you to pray diligently and desperately for a revival that will lead millions to reject sin and embrace Jesus as Lord and Savior. Let that heart engage you in the work of advancing God’s Kingdom in your community and to the uttermost reaches of the world, knowing that one day, there will be no more sin, no more evil, and no more tears. #FollowJesus