TOPIC:“Facing Sorrow With Christ”
TEXT:Isaiah 53:3; I Thessalonians 4:13
“He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrow, and
acquainted with grief…”
“that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope”
In time of sorrow there is consolation in knowing that we never face it alone. The same conquering Christ who guides us in life is the same comforting Christ who strengthens us in sorrow. He is able to do this because no one knows sorrow like Him. Isaiah wrote that Christ was “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3). To put it in the words of the hymn writer:
“Does Jesus care when I've said “good-by”
To the dearest on earth to me,
And my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks
Is it aught to Him? Does He see?
O yes, He cares, I know He cares,
His heart is touched with my grief;
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I know my Saviour cares.”
Though there is sadness for those left behind when a loved one dies, there is joy for that one going to Heaven knowing that they will be in the very presence . . .