02/12/2025
*Romans 12 [NIV]*
*[vs:15]* Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
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It’s not so hard to mourn with those who mourn. It is relatively easy to feel the loss of a grieving person and to express genuine sadness for their loss. Chinoita kuti zvive nyore its because its a loss not a gain. Kufirwa nemudikani, kuita accident wopona zvako but mota yoparara kana kutsvirwa nemba midziyo yese yobva yaparara wosara usina kana chinhu. People will genuinely mourn with you because you have lost and not gained. *Job 2:11-13* gives us an example of what it means to mourn with those who mourn. It says:,”Now when Job’s 3 friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came everyone from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.”
Our typical style tichienda kurufu, tinobva tichitaura nyaya asi kungosvika padoor totanga kuridza mhere, kana mafriends aJob akazviitawo so it's Biblical hamusi mega munozviita. These verses of scripture show that it’s part of human nature to mourn with those who mourn. There are even times when you do not personally know the person who has experienced a great loss, but after hearing their story, you become very sad. Part of mourning is very automatic but the difficult part is of rejoicing. Vanhu vashoma vanopembera newe nemoyo wese. It is part of human nature to be selfish. A natural man is very satisfied as long as no one around him gets anything better than what he has. Every person wants the best for himself or herself. Ini ngandi wake imba yakanaka, inini ngandiwane mari yakawanda, ngakuroorwe inini, raptor ndini ngandifambe nayo. Mweya wehundini hunonetsa pamunhu kusvika vanhu vaakuzvitora vega maphotos kuti ma"selfie" asi ungori mweya wehu inini chete urikutonga mumunhu. When that what's best goes to someone else, it becomes very hard to be genuinely happy for that person.
Godo rinowanda zvekutovenga munhu.This is a very dangerous human trait that every Christian must not allow in his or her life. The nature of God that we bear does not have such character trait. His instruction to us in today’s memory verse clearly shows what He expects of us in such circumstances, and we should take it very seriously. How can we rejoice with those who rejoice? First, you have to stop comparing yourself with others. The moment you start looking at others and comparing what they have with what you have, you will soon meet with destruction. Run your own race without comparing neari munext lane. In Matthew 20:1-16, Jesus told a very interesting story of several men hired at different hours of the day. The men who were hired first were very satisfied with being paid a penny each. However, at the end of the work day, they were unhappy when they received this exact amount. Why? It was because they were comparing themselves with the other hired men who had worked for shorter hours and got paid the same amount as them. The master told them to take what had been given to them and go their own way, rather than focus negatively on what he had chosen to do for the others.
Secondly, pray for those you envy. When you genuinely pray for someone frequently and long enough, it becomes hard to nurse any hard feelings towards them. Unotanga kudeveloper mweya wekumufarira saka ukada munhu it becomes difficult kumuitira zvakaipa. Finally, be thankful at all times. Always remember that there are people in worse situations compared to you; therefore be grateful and content always. Zvishoma zvauinazvo, kune arikufunga kuti dai atori iwewe anazvo. Ndosaka uchiona kuti muma party munotoiswa mainvitation kutokoka vanhu kuti mucelebrate pamwe chete asi kurufu hakuna invitation but kunotozara zvakadaro? Why? People find it difficult to rejoice with those who are rejoicing. And this verse has been quoted more than enough pamarufu asi the rejoicing part yacho kuma celebrations haimbotaurwi. Veduwe, faraiwo nevari kufara zvichibva pamoyo urikurevesa. Ask Father to please grant you grace to genuinely rejoice with those who are rejoicing. December uno kune varikufara vakawanda, join them from the heart. In Jesus name. *AMEN*
*HAPPY DAY.*
