As we look
at each attitude or beatitude, we see an underlying theme focusing on the man
in whom God approves. This is the man that is blessed. This is true happiness
and joy in the life of the servant of God.
Only those who are humble
before God will realize their inability to approach a holy God. It is because
of our sin that we cannot approach.
Those who will “mourn”
over their sins “will
be comforted.” This attitude is one that encapsulates grief and
sorrow over our sins. Isaiah was reminded of this as he saw the Lord in His
holiness and majesty and it affected him in a most profound way. The Bible
records: “Woe
is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord
of hosts” (Isaiah 6:5).
The corresponding blessing
given is comfort. The one who can truly comfort us is Jesus Christ. He is the
one that when we hear His Gospel, we should mourn over our sins. It is that
type sorrow which works repentance to salvation (2 Cor. 7:10). True comfort is seen in the salvation of God.
~Wayne
Rodgers
