Sunday, 2 January 2011

God’s Bottle Of Tears


From the Pastor: Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

“Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?” (Psalm 56:8) “I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.” (Ps. 6:6)

Tears are prompted by many things. One could cut an onion and bring forth tears. One could be full of laughter to the point of bringing forth tears. There are many situations that can bring forth tears and some folks can shed tears at a moment’s notice. Thus, when we study the Scriptures there must be discernment as to just what sort of tears are collected in God’s bottle, not just any tear that falls is caught in the hand of the Father and gently placed in His precious collection. The Father chooses certain and particular tears that are shed because of that Wicked one’s afflictions upon His dear children in the course of their service and obedience to Him.

Job, no doubt, poured forth a multitude of tears throughout the torments of Satan’s onslaught. His suffering as a righteous and faithful man brought forth precious tears for the Father’s bottle. Yet, in another course of holy service we notice: “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Ps. 126:6) This weeping is not because of one’s own afflictions, but through the love of Christ he is tormented over the lost state of others’ eternal souls. Nonetheless, in both cases the foundational cause of the tears is the spiritual relationship of the individual with the Father.

In our text of Ps. 56:8 the word “tellest” means to inscribe in a book or to record. The word “wanderings” is in reference to an aimless drifting of one in exile or as a fugitive. From this the children of God, who are in the world but not of the world and are on a pilgrimage to a heavenly Jerusalem, understand that the Father inscribes in His book a complete record of every moment of their lives, which will be opened as they stand before Him in the End of Days to come. God has also bottled up every tear relative to the believers’ relationship to Him, both in the negative and in the positive. By this we know the Father places a high value upon holy tears shed by His beloved ones. Not one spirit-filled tear is ever spilled upon the ground; God snatches it up in a treasure bottle.

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