“𝙎𝙤 𝙄 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙;

𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙” (Ezekiel 24:18).

Oftentimes God calls His servants to be living examples of what He is doing or about to do with His people. Here in this text, the people of God are about to suffer such overwhelming loss that they will be not be able to formally mourn. Ezekiel’s great loss of his wife will illustrate this and be even greater in that he will not be allowed to openly mourn either. Then, he must rise up the next day and do the work God has commanded him to do.

What a picture of situations we face in our lives! It may be a sudden setback, a puzzling unexpected turn of events, a deep, deep disappointment, a shocking discovery, or a grievous betrayal. Then, on top of that we have little to no time to mourn because we have other responsibilities we must attend to. Some seasons of life are just down-right gut wrenching.

Samuel was in a time of mourning in 1 Samuel 16:1. Note what God said to him, “And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.” As we process and work through our grief, there comes a time when we must get back up and get going in the mission God has given us. Here there was one king down ~ but another king was coming.

No matter how many times we get down, we are never out. There is always a future with the people of God. We suffer setback and loss yes, but we get back up and get going again for the glory of God - “and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.”

Whatever storm clouds are brooding over you today - spiritual warfare, physical suffering, family heartache, or grief over the condition of your nation - get back up tomorrow and get going for God. Keep going until Christ is formed in you and His mission is complete.

“𝗬𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲;
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸
𝗜𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱.”
- Cowper

Tomorrow needs you.

Sincerely,