Where Are The Weepers?

I’ve been catching up on my daily Bible reading.  I know.  I know.  If it is my daily Bible reading then why are you catching up?  Because I missed a few days.  Today one of my readings came from Psalm 126.  In that Scripture it says:  Psalms 126:5-6 (ESV) ⁵ Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! ⁶ He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

The weepers are the reapers in the Kingdom of God.  It got me thinking about a sermon that I heard a long long time ago.  I have forgotten who preached it but he said that in most churches we have traded our weepers for other types of people.  Nobody is weeping over lost souls anymore.  Instead most churches are filled with people who think that church is for them and all their wants and wishes.  I heard a preacher once say and I agree that church is for those who have not yet been reached. 

Getting back to that sermon that I heard that preacher said that we have traded our weepers and like some baseball teams we have made some very bad trades.

We have traded our weepers for beepers.  Beepers are those who always have something to honk about.   They complain complain complain.  We have traded our weepers for beepers but beepers cannot be reapers in the Kingdom of God.

We have traded our weepers for keepers.  They always want to be in charge of the budget.  They are against spending any money unless it benefits them.  They have such a tight grip on George Washing and Abraham Lincoln they have their backs out of wack.  We have traded our weepers for keepers but keepers cannot be reapers in the Kingdom of God.

We have traded our weepers for creapers.  Creapers are those who are so bound by tradition that the church never moves and adapts to those to whom it is trying to reach.  They just want to creap along. Their war cry is, “We never did it that way before.”  They don’t want no singing on the wall.  We hae traded our weepers for creapers for creapers cannot be reapers in the Kingdom of God.

We have traded our weepers for deepers.  Deepers are those who are so spiritual that they don’t need to grow anymore.  I mean they know it all.  Just ask them.  They don’t need Sunday School or small group.  They don’t need any type of Bible Study.  They are deep or at least they think they are.  They are a mile wide and one inch thick.  We have traded our weepers for deepers but deepers cannot be reapers in the Kingdom of God.

We have traded our weepers for peepers.  Peepers are those who like to watch.  They come into the church and watch the choir, watch the preacher, and then watch the watch when it gets close to twelve oclock.  And then they go out and watch people go to hell all around them.  We have traded our weepers for peepers but peepers cannot be reapers for the Kingdom of God.

We have traded our weepers for leapers.  Those are the church hoppers.  They hop from one church to another to find the church that is the best fit for them.  They never think about how they might fit into the church.  If the preacher offends them then they just move on.  We have traded our weepers for leapers but leapers cannot be reapers in the Kingdom of God.

No, it is the weepers that reap the harvest.  I’m not talking about shallow emotionalism.  I’m talking about having a burden for those who are lost and dying to hell to the point that it disturbs us.  It disturbs us to the point of tears.

I must admit that at times I would rather be a creaper or a peeker.  When I become something else I just try to bring my mind back to Calvary and see my dying Savior.  He did that for me.  He did that because He loves me and He wanted me to spend eternity in Heaven with Him.  Lord make me a weeper.