God's Promise Of Comfort!
"If My people who are called by My name will
humble themselves, and pray and seek My face,
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive
their sin and heal
their land."
2 Chronicles 7: 14
On March 30, 1863, when the United States was
torn by the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln
called on all Americans to “confess their sins and
transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured
hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy
and pardon.”
Lincoln assured the people that the
“cry of the nation will be heard on
high
and answered with blessings.”
His words were
consistent with Jesus’ teachings in
the Beatitudes that those who mourn are
comforted.
Mourning over what? Jesus had Israel’s sins in mind
as well as those who mourn over their personal sins.
The comfort of which He spoke surely included
forgiveness and restoration. The Old Testament
promised forgiveness and comfort nationally and
personally. Apostle Paul wrote about the results
of godly sorrow over sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10).
If you are mourning today over sin at any
level, take heart. God promises to comfort
all who mourn with godly sorrow.
"Earth has no sorrow
that heaven cannot heal."
Thomas V. Moore
