The Roar WithinEsimerkki

Day Seven: Restoring the Roar Within

I had come to the place of grieving the loss of some relationships that had been important to me. I understood that it was the lies others were buying into that had caused these people to abandon me, but that didn’t stop the reality that they had gossiped about and shunned me. Those things hurt deeply. The loss of those relationships needed to be grieved.

Too many times we can be quick to tell someone to “get over it and move on.” We must create a place so safe that men can share, cry, and grieve and still be counted as warriors. I know what many of you are thinking. C’mon, Brent—men don’t feel the need to be safe, do they? But then how do we deal with grief?

Grief can go so deep, it’s a gutting of the soul. You don’t argue with grief. If you truly want to find your way out of grief, you have to drink that cup. First, you have to acknowledge your sadness—your deep sorrow—as you look at the cup of grief before you. As you pray and spend time with the Father, ask God for the strength to embrace that cup, to let yourself fully feel the grief. 

Finally, you have to trust God and drink it—all of it. God wants to heal every ounce of your grief, no matter how deep. But you need to work through it in order to fully heal. Jesus didn’t just get away for a few minutes to ask His Father for help with His deep grief and for strength as He knew what lay before Him. God promises to never leave you nor forsake you, and He doesn’t care about the hour, for He neither sleeps nor slumbers, and you are a child of the King. 

God wants us to take our sorrows and troubles to Him. It’s more than just laying them at His feet; it’s knowing we can ask anything of our Father, the King. So let it out, dear friend—all of it. Crawl up into His lap, and let Him hold you. Let Him speak words of sonship into your ear. Trust Him, and allow Him to be the safe place where you can share, cry, and grieve and still be counted as the warrior that you are.

My friend, as a believer, you have the Lion of Judah in you! What will you say to your enemy right now to let him know that no matter what he throws at you, you understand who and whose you really are, and you’re not going to back down?