Sowing in Tears Is Still Sowing
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5–6 · KJV
The psalm does not promise that the sowing will feel good. It concedes the tears and then makes a claim about the harvest anyway.
Sowing in tears is the hardest kind of obedience because nothing about it looks productive. You are putting good seed into the ground and walking away from it, and the ground gives no receipt. That is true whether you are praying for a child who is far away, giving out of a thin month, or serving in a season when nobody is thanking you.
'Doubtless' is the word to hold. Not maybe. Not if the conditions improve. The return is not conditional on the emotional state of the sower.
Today's step
Do one act of faithful sowing today with no expectation of a visible result — a gift, a prayer, a service nobody will see.
Pray
Speak it
- What I sow in tears, I will reap in joy.
- Nothing I have given in this season is wasted.
- I shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing my sheaves with me.