Every tear has watered your garden of destiny

Psalm 126

When the Lord brought back the exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream. We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said "what amazing things the Lord has done for them". Yes the Lord has done amazing things for us! What joy! Restore our fortunes, Lord, as streams renew the desert. Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.

Let's read this again but in the passion translation from verse 2.

All the nations saw it and joined in saying "the Lord has done great miracles for them!" Yes, he did mighty miracles and we are overjoyed! Now Lord, do it again! Restore us to our former glory! May streams of your refreshing flow over us until our dry hearts are drenched again. Those who sow their tears as seeds will reap a harvest with joyful shouts of glee. They may weep as they go out carrying their seeds to sow, but they will return with joyful laughter and shouting with gladness as they bring back armloads of blessing and a harvest overflowing!

This psalm jumped off the page as a prophetic word for this coming season! I believe the Lord wants us to receive this as a prophetic declaration over our lives right now. I felt as though many of us have gone through a season of planting. Many have sown their tears as seeds. Many have been required to lay down much in obedience to the voice of God. From finances, to homes, to friends and much more, their has been a level of sacrifice required. We have chosen to lay down all even when it has been far from easy. Fleshly reasoning often tried to talk us out of it but we dug in our heels and remained steadfast to the call on our lives. Tears have most certainly been sown. But every tear has simply watered the garden of destiny for our lives.

I believe the Lord wants us to know that this is the season that we "bring back armloads of blessing and a harvest overflowing"! Now is the time we harvest with shouts of joy! And the most beautiful part is that it's all for his glory! Oh what a joy that all those onlooking will say "the Lord has done great miracles for them". He gets all the glory! I believe his blessing and harvest are about to come in such abundance that the onlookers of our lives will know it HAD to have been the Lord! How beautiful that those who walked away from you and called you crazy in your obedience will, by the grace of God, still have the opportunity to celebrate God's miraculous hand on your life!