MI DAILY DEVOTION
TUESDAY
GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY…
(Revelation 21:4) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes… This was the most beautiful phrase that was said of the angel of God to John while he was in Patmos. Matthew Henry wrote; “All the effects of former trouble shall be done away. They have been often before in tears, by reason of sin, of affliction, of the calamities of the church; but now all tears shall be wiped away; no signs, no remembrance of former sorrows shall remain, any further than to make their present felicity the greater. God himself, as their tender Father, with his own kind hand, shall wipe away the tears of his children; and they would not have been without those tears when God shall come and wipe them away.” (The Bible Collection) If God can do it to us up there in heaven; I believe He can do the same to us while we’re here on earth below. Do you believe that God can wipe away not just our tears up there in heaven but also here on earth below? God can wipe away all our tears of joy, tears of pain and problems, tears of sorrow and suffering and tears that are beyond our control. God can wipe away our debts, our drive for sins and our discouragement. God can wipe away our discouragement, distress, depression and give us deliverance. King David said; I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Psalm 69:3) Have you ever felt that way or have you ever been to that same situation like what King David went through? And then after we felt the hands of God touching our face because of the tears in our eyes, then we can joyfully say; “You are indeed a God of mercy and grace. You are a God of the impossible. God is in control and He took the dark night away from me.” The Psalmists said; For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalm 30:5)
