Mourn

Job 5:10-11 – He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside. The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Psalm 135:7 – He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Isaiah 61:1-3 – The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Romans 12:15 – Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Application:

• ·         The Lord, not Baal or any other god, brings the life-giving rains.
• ·         “Year of the Lord’s favor” corresponds to the “day of salvation” and the “year for me to redeem”.
• ·         Identification with others in their joys and in their sorrows is a Christian’s privilege and responsibility.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV