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God wants us to be able to worship Him ALWAYS…

— And yet we ask, “How can we worship God in times of grief, loss, and disaster?”

To answer this good question, we need to understand how these times of grief came about…

— SEE Genesis 3:2-6  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,  (3)  but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”  (4)  But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.  (5)  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  (6)  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

— The time of eternal worship ended for man with that first act of disobedience, and God had to provide another way for us to be able to worship in all times and situations.

— To jump ahead to God’s solution we need to look to the cross and God’s sacrifice so we could be forgiven. (However, I want us to follow the trail of our sin to that point.)

We find the judgment for man’s disobedient nature as we follow the story of Adam and Eve…

— Genesis 3:16-19  To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”  (17)  And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;  (18)  thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.  (19)  By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

— This is how all grief and disaster entered into the role of humanity on this earth. For the cause of blatant disobedience and grasping for God’s glory, we were cast out of God’s presence and outside His eternal blessed living.

(Before we go any further I must insist that you consider well before you blame Adam and Eve.)

— I have lived long enough to realize that none of us are superior to our ancestral parents. We all would have fallen to that grasping for personal glory. See how the desire “to be like God” still motivates us as we disregard and choose to disobey His commands for healthy living that God had written for us in His book, the Bible. (Think of how diseases like AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV have followed unhealthy lifestyles of mankind’s rebellion.) This is the result of us turning away from what is good for us, and instead following our sinful desire to run our own lives and disregard our maker. Welcome to the minds of Adam and Eve…

Getting back to how hard it is to worship God ALL THE TIME…

We now live in the time of our judgment when death and disasters are a part of our earthly, temporary existence. Remember that word, TEMPORARY, for it holds the answer to our first question.

— Living in this fallen state, if we fail to receive God’s ‘Second Adam’s plan of deliverance’ (Accepting Jesus as our Savior and sacrifice for our sins.) Failing this, we have no hope for restoration and deliverance from the evil times of grief.

— However, God has, at an unbelievably high price, paid for your and my own forgiveness and restoration. As we simply accept this gift with proper repentance and humility, we are reinstated into God’s original plan of eternal communion with our wonderous and loving Creator. (Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.)

Now, when Christians grieve at the loss of a redeemed loved one, WE MORN FOR OUR LOSS, and yet deep inside, WE REJOICE FOR THE REWARD GIVEN TO OUR FAITHFUL DEPARTED.

— This is how we worship God for His goodness and grace even in times of loss and disaster.

If you struggle to understand the truth contained in this message, I would invite you to get in contact with a Bible-believing church pastor in your community. This fellowship is vital to our walking with God.
— You can also contact me through the message system attached for comments and requests.

— I will pray with you (only impeded by distances) for an answer to your struggles. (Brother in Christ, KK)