As we rejoiced in God's grace for our country just a couple of days ago, and then wake up to the terrible tragedy happening in the heart of Texas with the floods, this is something we should be used to now--great rejoicing, followed by great sorrow. We will rejoice again, and we will know sorrow again. These are the time's we're in. It is right to rejoice when we can, and thank the Lord always and in everything. It is also right to feel the sorrow and loss with our neighbors, who are now going through what will likely be the worst times of their life. We must pray for the Comforter to be with them, and as terrible as the loss of a loved one(s) in a situation like this is, we have His promise that "all things will work together for good for those who love Him, and are called..." Western NC is just beginning to recover from the floods of last year, as is California from the fires. Many are still missing, but God has not lost them. He knows, and will never leave or forsake His people. We must learn all we can from these as more are coming. This is the time when Psalm 91, and Joshua 3, when God's people cross the Jordan River, which represents "death" (this is why John & Jesus baptized there, and it empties into the Dead Sea). It says there that "the Jordon River overflows all of it's banks all of the days of the harvest." We are entering our Promised Land, and the harvest that Jesus said would be the end of this age. At the same time we will be rejoicing at the great harvest, we will be doing a lot of mourning too. So, we must learn to keep on doing our job in the harvest regardless of how many are falling around us. It is right to feel the grief, and to mourn with those suffering such staggering losses, but we must not stop doing what we're called to do--labor in the harvest. It's here.

Posted by Rick Joyner at 2025-07-06 11:04:42 UTC