Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:1-2 – New International Version
We live in a world full of sin where there is imbalance of power, oppression, tears, and for many, no comforter. We each have times in our lives when we are weighed down by the things we face in our every day life.
While those around us may see our tears, they are not always able or willing to comfort us, so where do we go from here? God sees everyone’s tears. We may not always see or be aware of God, so we fail to comprehend His power and His compassion.
Jesus is God’s response to our tears as He is our comforter, our Saviour. While Jesus was on earth, He too was oppressed, but remained a “comforter” to others. Therefore, while we suffer oppression and need Jesus as our comforter, we “see the tears” of others, so we must step in to comfort them, just as God has comforted us.
Reach out and comfort someone today!
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Amen! Jesus is our comforter and savoiur, he wipes away all our tears! And saves us from the opresor, the Devil.
The real trouble, is listening to the Spirits voice, and actauly reaching out and helping some one, as you suggested we do, I find that, some times, even if you hear the voice of the Spirit you tend to ignore it, and we shouldn’t do that, we should try and reach out to everyone and anyone that we can, and help them through there troubles if possible.
Thank you for sharing what you thought on the passage, I agree completely with everything you said! I just wanted to let you know that I’m thankfull that your encouraging others to reach out and wipe away a tear, which I think, for many people, you did, just by posting.
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Thank you so much Joshua for your very kind words. It’s fantastic to know my posts are appreciated and helpful.
Thank you very much for reading my blog and passing on your comments.
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