Today’s New Covenant nugget is from Jeremiah 31:13-14
“Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old, together; for I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow. I will satiate (fill to satisfaction) the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”
The definition of ‘mourning’ is feeling regret, or sadness about the loss, or disappearance of something. It is the pain associated with either loss, things that happened to you, because of you, or regrets of the past. To ‘REGRET’, is to wish that something did not happen. Mourning in its simplest form is dealing with regret. (“I wish that that person would still be alive… I am sad that I will not be able to speak to them again, I regret not telling them that I loved them, I wish that I could hug them one more time, I regret saying those things, I regret how I treated that person, I regret buying that car, or, I regret trusting that person.”)
Mourning is regret that comes in different forms; people mourn the loss of a loved one, they mourn because of disappointment, because of abuse suffered, because of condemnation, because of past hurts, as well as for many other reasons.
Regret is futile, yet it is very real! Instead of celebrating the things that went right, or the moments of joy… regret, sadness, inner pain, disappointments and hurt can invade and take over. Only the anointing can overcome, and destroy mourning.
The Lord said, “I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.” Mourning and regret, mixed with hurt, sorrow and sadness is the opposite of JOY. The ANOINTING of joy destroys the spirit of grief, mourning and regret!
Isaiah 61:1-3 is a prophesy of Jesus’ exact words, given 700 years before Jesus spoke them. His words were recorded in Luke chapter 4. Here is Isaiah’s account of what Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God (toward Satan and the spirits of darkness); to comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
The Passion Translation says, “The mighty Spirit of Lord Yahweh is wrapped around Me because Yahweh has anointed Me, as a messenger to preach good news to the poor. He sent Me to heal the wounds of the brokenhearted, to tell captives, “You are free,” and to tell prisoners, “Be free from your darkness.” I am sent to announce a new season of Yahweh’s grace and a time of God’s recompense on His enemies, to comfort all who are in sorrow, to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes, the oil (the anointing) of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of His glory.”
Psalm 30:11 (TPT) says, “He broke through and transformed all my wailing into a whirling dance of ecstatic praise! He has torn the veil and lifted from me the sad heaviness of mourning. He wrapped me in the glory-garments of gladness.”
Mourning grief is a spirit of death. Joy is an anointing of life! Instead of living in regret, instead of grieving, or being swept away in sorrow, let His JOY flood your soul!
I never mourned, or grieved my parents passing… the supernatural anointing and REVELATION of JOY rescued me from that! When I think of them, I am flooded with joy-filled memories. I am not sad that they are not here, I am full of joy because I had such amazing parents, and that they are now with Jesus. The anointing of Joy has given me so many wonderful memories, so many amazing dreams, and has given me the revelation that they are watching over me as part of the great cloud of witnesses… I smile when I think about that.
I do not grieve, mourn, or regret anything… I rejoice because all of my wrongdoing has been forgiven, and that I have such an amazing future and hope in Jesus! His anointing of JOY has destroyed all mourning! He continually does this for me, and He will do the same for you!
In His amazing love, Nick
