Happy Tears

Psalms 84:6-7 "Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring; indeed the early rain covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion." Psalms 84:6a speaks of passing through the valley of Baca.... "Baca" means "weeping." On the one hand, when we had the intention to come into the church life, we were strengthened in God; on the other hand, we were opposed by Satan, who has caused many saints to suffer persecution. The trouble and persecution caused by Satan can make our highway a valley of weeping.  When we pass through the valley of Baca, God makes this valley a spring. If we take the highway to go to God's house; trouble and persecution will come to us, and such things will cause us to weep. But God will turn our tears into a spring. Only those who weep will have a spring. THE MORE TEARS WE SHED, THE GREATER WILL BE THE SPRING!  Psalms 84:6c says, "Indeed the early rain covers it with blessing." According to our experience, this means that our tears become a spring and that this spring becomes the early rain that covers the valley with blessings. This early rain is the Spirit, and the Spirit is our blessing.... Those who come into the church life by passing through the valley of weeping will find that this weeping eventually becomes a great blessing to them. This blessing is the Spirit. The tears they shed are their own, but these tears become a spring, which becomes the early rain, the Spirit as the blessing.  Whether the valley of weeping is a place of blessing or not depends wholly on us, not on God. If you take the church way, at a certain point you will encounter many trials and troubles. If you turn away, you will find yourself in a real valley of weeping. But if you are faithful at any cost, if you say, "Lord, even at the cost of my life, I will still go on," you will make the valley of weeping a spring... I have seen many who, in spite of all the trials, have still gone on in the church. I can testify that their weeping was transformed into blessing. The tears were transformed into springs, into rain which covered the valley with blessings... Be careful; it all depends upon you. It is not God's responsibility. It is yours. It is not God who makes the valley of weeping a place of blessing; it is you.  My prayer: "Lord cause me to be one who weeps! Lord I want Your blessing. I want my tears to become a spring, to become the early rain that covers the valley with blessings, the early rain that becomes the Spirit as the blessing! Lord even at the cost of my life, I will go on with You! Lord, I give You my life, my possessions, and my future! Lord do with them what You will, nothing else matters to me but You! I just love You Lord!  (Christ and the church revealed and typified in the psalms, pp155-156)