Today's Word of Blessing

REAPING IN JOYPaul Dhinakaran

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.    (Psalm 126:5)

Dearly beloved, how true is the following promise of God: “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy” (Psalm 126:5).

Every day, thousands of people get in touch with the Jesus Calls ministry seeking our prayers. Since we have offered ourselves as living sacrifices to do His ministry even amidst our afflictions and tears, the Lord is using us mightily for His glory.

Dearly beloved, the Lord will also grant you the same grace. Probably you have lived your life as a living sacrifice for Him even amidst your sorrow and tears. Perhaps you have borne everything patiently just for the sake of the Lord.

So the Lord who has blessed our family and ministry in an abundant measure will certainly open the floodgates of heaven and bless you too. He will bless you in such a way that there will not be room enough to store those blessings. He will remove your sorrow and wipe away your tears. He will also increase you a thousand times (Deuteronomy 1:11).

The Lord will specially bless His servants openly who are doing His ministry amidst tears and humiliation, because they have offered themselves as living sacrifices. He will enlarge their territories. Whatever they do will prosper and they will have eternal joy.

The devil will never trouble them and they will carry the Word of God joyfully. As they sow in tears, they will reap with joy. The Lord will comfort them, console them and reward them hundred times both in their family life and in their ministry. They will see this happening from today.

Prayer:

Loving Lord Jesus,

I offer myself as a living sacrifice to You. I choose to serve You wholeheartedly. Open the floodgates of heaven and bless me as You have promised. Remove my sorrow and wipe away my tears. Prosper me in all things. Reward me hundred times. Enable me to reap a harvest of blessings with songs of joy.

I ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.