Some of you may be going to bed tonight with very heavy hearts. Sometimes the closer you get to the Lord, the more your heart seems to break. "I cry myself to sleep many nights," a partner told me. "I didn't use to, but the more I see and learn of this world, the sadder I become."

King Solomon experienced this same thing when he said, "...in much wisdom is much grief. And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow" (Ecclesiastes 1:18, NKJV). Jesus, too, was a "man of sorrows, acquainted with grief." Why? Because He was a man of revelation. He saw the fate of many He loved, and He mourned.

The question tonight is, what can you do with this godly sorrow? The answer is not to back off from God saying, "I can't handle it." Instead, He wants to strengthen you by drawing you into even greater wisdom and revelation! This is why Paul prayed, "...that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation...in the (deep and intimate) knowledge of Him, By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you and...what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us..." (Ephesians 1:17-19, AMP).

Don't buckle or run...but seek more wisdom, revelation and the knowledge of Him so you can know and understand the greatness of His power in you.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the privilege of helping to carry Your sorrow. If any ungodly "spirit of heaviness" has crept into my life, I renounce it now. But if the sorrow I feel is of You, then grant me Your power, strength and hope to pray for the needs of our world, the salvation of souls and the needs of Your people. In Jesus' Name, Amen.