Blessed are those
who mourn,
For they shall be
comforted. Mathew 5:4 NKJV
The mourning spoken of in our above scripture is not the
usual mourning that is common to humanity. It is not the mourning of the loss
of a loved one, status or property. This mourning is the deep pervading mourning
that one feels when one realizes that something is missing, namely a relationship
with God. We may not be intellectually conscious of this mourning, or where it
comes from. We may not even be aware that through Adam we have lost the closest
loved one we could ever have, God. We may not consciously know we are mourning
for the loss of our God, but like a distant unresolved memory all of us can
feel it in our hearts.
Jesus tells us that this mourning, this eternal longing
for God, will be comforted in the Kingdom of God. To be a citizen of a country
or a kingdom is to have the rights and benefits of that country or kingdom.
Whoever becomes a member of the kingdom of heaven enjoys all the rights of that
kingdom, including, but not limited to, relationship with the living God. Our
mourning will turn to joy once we enter the kingdom, for in the kingdom the God
that was lost to us is found by us, and we are found by him. It is our joy and privilege
to be found by God in the kingdom.
Next Week: Blessed are the Meek
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