Grief is an epidemic that affects the world. If you're human and are of age (which is relative), then you've experienced grief. Grief is an emotional and psychological response to an experience of loss in one's life. If a person has experienced a significant loss in their life, then they've experienced grief. People who have lost loved ones to death, have experienced grief. People who have gotten divorced or had a serious break-up, have experienced grief. People who have lost their jobs, and sometimes even retirement, have experienced grief. There are many instances where people grieve the loss of something or someone. But have we ever taken the time to consider the Grief of God? A lot of times, we think of God as this Distant, Cosmic Being who's in control of everything and decides the fate of every person's life and being. This assessment of God is incorrect. Nobody feels as much as God. Nobody is as Sensitive as God. Nobody is more caring than God. No one is more considerate than God. As Christians, we more than anybody else need to remember that GOD IS LOVE (1John 4). And when you really love someone, you're more prone to be hurt than if your concern is "surface" and self-oriented. God is not superficial and His Love is not selfish. He loves us with an Eternal and Sacrificial Love (John 3). So because of our lack of regard and sensitivity towards God, whether we realize it or not, it hurts Him. Consequently we have the issue of The Grief of God.
The bible says to "grieve not the Holy Spirit" (Ephesians 4). When Jesus entered Jerusalem prior to His Crucifixion, He wept (Luke 19). This was a sign of Grief. What is it that Grieves the Heart of God? It is our blatant Disobedience and Disregard for Him as God. God has mercy for sins (Psalm 136). We think that God is this Heavenly Tyrant just waiting to punish humanity because we've "messed up". This is not the Spirit of God. No parent, who is sane, is ready to throw their child out of the house or beat them up just because they "did something wrong". That's what kids and children do. But what breaks a parent's heart is when that child has no regard for the authority and discipline of their parent. You tell the child what to do and there's no respect, no consideration. They won't do what you say and they don't want to gain a better understanding of why they should have to do it. This is what will break a mother or father's heart. Such is the same with God. God loves His creation and He loves His children. When we make it clear that we are not going to do what God says. When there's no conviction of sin, no wrestle between right and wrong, no spirit of repentance and submission; this is what sponsors The Grief of God.
I can assure you saints, God is Grieving right now. He's grieving over His church, and He's grieving over His nation, America. In both instances, this country and many of our congregations have refused to submit and subscribe to the Divine Will of God. The God we serve is a God of Patience (Romans 15). He gives us time to repent (Revelation 2). But when we make it clear to Him that we have no intention of surrendering to His Will, then it breaks His Heart.
The Call to Repentance is about to expire. The Season of Judgment is about to commence. When the Judgment of God is released upon His church and upon this country, people will still be given the opportunity to turn to God; but what could've been avoided and abated will have to be experienced and endured. It will be the results of a people who had no regard for The Grief of God.
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