April 27
Psalms 119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
I remember watching a movie with some people who thought it was hilarious every time someone got blown up or hurt. To me, such a reaction seems to come from a spirit that is seared and numb to pain, from a sort of sadistic indifference, most probably coming from an excess of exposure to violence, mostly through TV. Still another time I was watching some sort of comedy where people were making fun of each other, and the audience then laughed at someone else’s expense. A good teacher I know always points out to her students that there is a difference between laughing with people, and laughing at people.
When He came to Jerusalem, Jesus saw a city that despised God, they had turned the Temple into a den of thieves, their faith had become a ritualistic religion, and they had forgotten the mercies of God. He cried in sorrow against the city that killed the prophets and those that are sent unto her; He expressed the longing of God to gather His people unto Him, but they wouldn’t be gathered (Matthew 23:37).
The Spirit of God does not find it funny when people are hurt or made fun at.
The Spirit of God rather cries when He sees His children going the wrong way.
The Spirit of God is not insensitive to pain, heartaches, or woes
The Spirit of God tenderly pleads and cries for the soul to find its way.
At the sight of evil:
Does our spirit ache with pains of sympathy?
Does it provoke weeping like it did Jesus at the sight of sinful Jerusalem?
Does it make us wish e could take the whole world into our arms and protect it form its own evil?
If we cannot, is it because we are you afraid of the pain such empathy would create, so we protect ourselves with indifference and shallowness?
Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
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