Transcript:

Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to a special-edition series of The Kingdom Perspective.

What should we do with the emotionally overwhelming situation of the present pandemic?

We should feel free to weep at the sadness of the whole situation.

The Bible is no stranger to weeping and sadness. “Lament” is an entire genre of biblical literature. Multiple Psalms fall into this category, not to mention that entire Old Testament book that goes by the very name “Lamentations”.

And, of course, there is the book of Job, whose sad life goes on for over forty chapters. Job goes deep into the confusion of lament, but he so before God and so in faith to him. Listen to great preacher Charles Spurgeon explain:

“Job was very much troubled, and did not try to hide the outward signs of his sorrow. A man of God is not expected to be a stoic. The grace of God takes away the heart of stone out of his flesh, but it does not turn his heart into a stone. I want you, however, to notice that mourning should always be sanctified with devotion. “Ye people, pour out your hearts before Him: God is a refuge for us.”

When you are bowed down beneath a heavy burden of sorrow, then take to worshipping the Lord, and especially to that kind of worshipping which lies in adoring God, and in making a full surrender of yourself to the Divine will, so that you can say with Job, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.”

Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.