Good Grief, Verses Bad Grief, What?!

“For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death].” When God allows sorry to come to your doorstep, there’s a different purpose behind it than depressing you out of your mind. The purpose of Godly sorrow is to lead us to repent not take us out. Worldly sorry is hopeless, it’s not intended to bring you hope, and it is only able to produce in you, things which motivate your demise, no comfort there. When we are going through our wilderness experiences of trouble, the world’s advice is limited, it may possibly lead to a temporary fix, but from the root of your core, you know it ain’t over. There is a sustaining comfort of hope when the Lord is in the picture on your behalf. Everything we need for this life and its woes, are outlined in the word of God, which is God’s will for us, the bible. Our part is to find out what belongs to us from the Creator. That would include your rightful authority over evil being restored to you. If you don’t know or haven’t learned the basics of who you are in Christ Jesus, you will always be fighting an unnecessary battle. There you have it, two different sorrows, which you will, or at least have the opportunity to experience. Get away from people that agree with your troubles to the point they say, wow you’re really having a go of trouble, that makes you feel worse not comforted. Godly comfort says, you got this, and I’ll help you through it.