The Light At The End Of The Tunnel!

Psalm 126:5-6 (NKJV):

5 Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.

6 He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him.

How great and mighty our Lord is! I was reminded of this promise once again yesterday, and I had to share and encourage those who feel hopeless right now. This is one of those promises from the Lord that we have to hold on to no matter what happens. We know that He is faithful, and we know that his word does not return void, so when reading this promise, it should direct us to Him thanking for this blessing.

The important fact to note here is the sequence of the tenses. Sowing has a completed action to it. You have to sow something in order for the seeds to grow and to produce fruit. If the sowing is done with weeping and with tears, we are promised to harvest with joy and in abundance. God gives us this word “doubtless” confirming His identity: He is a true God who does not lie. Those who sow the righteous and right seeds, they are doubtlessly promised to harvest rejoicing. I love this scripture!

Look at what Paul wrote to Galatians:

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up (Galatians 6:9NKJV).

The only way to reap what we sow is to stick around to the end. We cannot sow the seeds and then leave them alone. Anyone who participated in a gardening process knows that sowing requires watering and nourishment. After we sow the seeds we need to water them to produce growth and then apply treatment. It`s a lengthy process requiring patience.

This is what the Lord reminds us of in these scriptures: to be patient, not to grow weary, to continue weeping if we must, but at the end of the process there is rejoicing!

I went through the extended season of weeping when everything looked like it would never get better, and the Lord continued to encourage me: “just a little more and you will see a breakthrough”. Nine months ago I was absolutely hopeless and on my knees seeking His mercy. Harvest takes time, but it promises rejoicing. Today I`m rejoicing in what God is doing because I stuck around and sought the Lord.

God is faithful, and He is good. If you feel like your life came to an end, so did mine. God allows us going through the desert in order to refine our faith and to grow us spiritually. It is a necessary part of sanctification. However, He is faithful to never leave us or forsake us. There is a reason why there is this Psalm requiring to sow with weeping because God allows us this “desert” experience. He also promised that while going through this “desert”- the valley of Baka (valley of weeping), He would open up the new fresh springs providing this spiritual growth.

6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools. 7 They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.[b] (Psalm 84:6-7 NKJV)

I would encourage you today to make a prayer list of things that you are weeping about and seek God`s specific answers to. Be that bankruptcy, divorce, death in the family, loneliness, poverty, loss of a job, being homeless. There is no end for the Lord to reconcile your life and to being this rejoicing in harvesting after you`ve completed the sowing.  He is the mighty Lord who knows everything and rewards everyone accordingly (Psalm 73, Psalm 125).

If you feel hopeless, you need to realize that God`s word does not return void but completes what it was sent to do: be that reconciliation of the family, complete healing, or anything else.

 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it (Isaiah 55:11 NKJV).

The only way to get through any kind of a trial is by drawing closer to the Lord and seeking His face. He is faithful to direct us when we are honestly seeking Him first. This is what this weeping is about when we sow the right seeds. I spent a lot of time on my knees and fasting in order to see the specific answers to my prayers coming to pass one after another. God is blessing me, and I can testify that I am rejoicing by harvesting these “sheaves” of specific prayers` answers.

The only way to stick through any trial is by writing out the scriptures, and cleaving to the specific promises from the Lord. This Psalm 126 has been my consolation and a promise for many years, and now I can testify of the Lord`s goodness in my life. My marriage is being restored, my debt is being paid off one by one, my new job is doing great, and my daughter is being brought up in His word!

This blog exist to show a trace of someone who was hopeless and had impossible circumstances, but someone who chose to seek the Lord and stick through with Him to show this testimony of His faithfulness. I cannot repeat this too many times to remind you that our God is faithful and good.

We make mistakes, but He upholds us to bring closer to Him through all the circumstances we face. I know personally from my own experience that there are days when you just want to stay in bed and never see another day, but in those days I sought the Lord the most because I realized how much I am in need of His help.

Weeping produces repentance, desperation to seek Him, and to persevere through praying. We have an example of Jeremiah who was called a weeping prophet because through both of his books: Jeremiah and Lamentations, he was weeping about the destruction of Israel and the upcoming judgment from the Lord. He was weeping of people`s hardheartedness and rejection of the truth. Weeping produces sowing of these right seeds that promise in return to yield sheaves of joy.

I encourage you today to stick to the end to watch for the Lord to move the mountains for you if only you would stick to the end. God`s promises always have conditions- “if”. If we would persevere by doing good we would reap a harvest. Let our actions be reactions to God`s word that would yield the crop of rejoicing!