“The whole world sighs…” (Paul).
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world” (C. S. Lewis).
“The figure of the passing-away world (Isa. 40:6) is like an old man’s face, full of wrinkles, and foul with weeping: we are waiting when Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, and shall come and wipe the old man’s face” (Samuel Rutherford).
God understands the ache of y
our heart: “O Lord, all my desire is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you” (Psalm 38:9). Be encouraged: Until the Master of the Universe helps, the Master of the Universe will help… Amen. God will help us, and he will help us before we even know that he helps us! Therefore do not be anxious, and do not fear, for “your heavenly Father knows what you need before you ask Him” (Matt. 6:8). God will make everything new, in the name and for the sake of his great love…
- Psalm 38:9 Hebrew page (pdf)
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It is written, “The world is built in chesed” (עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה), which means that our inner life is being built by God’s love… “So do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory (αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης) beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:16-19). We must trust in God’s unseen hand for our good.
Therefore “let the one who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the Name of the LORD (יִבְטַח בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה) and rely on his God” (Isa. 50:10). Trusting in God (i.e., bittachon – בִּטָּחוֹן) does not mean that we are obligated to affirm that this is “the best of all possible worlds,” though it does mean we believe that eventually God will wipe away every tear and make all things right.. Trust receives the promise of a future good and the unseen miracle. O Lord, make everything new, revive the hurting, in the name and for the sake of thy love, Amen…
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