Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
The Lord Jesus Christ surprised everybody, shocked them, when He said the opposite of what people expected to hear: "Blessed [happy] are the poor in spirit, ... blessed are those who mourn, ... blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake," etc. (Matt. 5:3-12).
His specialty is comforting "broken-hearted" people. "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit" (Psalm 34:18). If you are looking for Jesus, trying to find Him, remember that "the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth" (Eccl. 7:4).
He has plenty of such people to be "near" to. Like the young people who must die from lethal diseases before they have begun to live--multitudes are "broken hearted." Some, if they are "contrite in spirit," can sense the Lord is "near" them. The Lord Jesus feels for these innocent victims in a special way. He suffered innocently on His cross; He felt "forsaken" of God, crying out, "My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Read Psalm 22.)
Does Jesus merely pity these distressed people? Or does He actually "comfort" them? He promises, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." When they lie down alone to die, He is near to them. "He gives His beloved sleep" (Psalm 127:2).
Those who believe we are living in the great Day of Atonement (heart-reconciliation) are blessed by the ministry of "Elijah the prophet" who reconciles alien hearts everywhere (Mal. 4:5, 6). Join him in his reconciling ministry! Give someone some Good News.
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 10, 2006.
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