Sorrows comes as a result of the activities of the enemy who does not want good people to have rest of mind and be glad. Enmity in most cases is born out of hatred and jealousy based on sheer wickedness. The enemy, Satan, the devil employs the afflictions of sickness, poverty, barrenness and all other evil strategies to attack the people of God and to bring sorrow into their lives. The devil was not born to be bad, rather he was self-made in heaven.

Lucifer, who turned out to become the Devil was the chief soloist in heaven; leading the host of angels in worship and praise to the Almighty God. He became so proud that he wanted to take the place of God, so, he was chased out of heaven after a heavy battle.

The Bible puts it this way in Revelation 12:7-12: “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. 8: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.10:
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven: “now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12: Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

Having caused war in heaven due to his pride and coup plot against the Almighty God, he was thrown down to the earth. He is here on earth seeking for converts to take to hell fire. There is no place for him in heaven again, he thought he could overthrow God, but as it is impossible for him to get God, he resorted to attacking the people of God.

His first port of call was in the Garden of Eden, where he deceived Adam and Eve to disobey God to eat the forbidden fruit. Their disobedience of God’s instruction brought sorrow to them as the Bible reports in Genesis 3:14-17: “And the Lord God said unto the serpent, ‘because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 15: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’ 17: And unto Adam he said, ‘because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.’”

As the devil deceived them to disobey God, it attracted punishment and sorrow to them. Both Adam and Eve were given specific punishments, which are even prevalent up till today. Man has continued to be in sorrow since the days of Adam in the Garden of Eden. The punishment for the woman is to bring up children in sorrow, while the husband is to labour for his daily bread and up keep of the family. All those things including sicknesses, poverty, barrenness, and other things that bring about sorrow are prevalent even today.

The devil is constantly ensuring the afflictions continue in order to keep people of God in sorrow. The devil knows he is not entering heaven again, hence he fights God’s people, keeps them in suffering to make them offend God so as to follow him to hell fire.

The only remedy for coming out of sorrow is to come wholly to God, He is ready to honour the people that serve Him and do His will. The Bible says in 1Samuel 2:30: “Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever: but now the Lord saith, ‘be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.’” God is ready to lift the people who serve Him above the afflictions of the devil. The people who despise God and follow the devil’s footsteps are bound to continue in sorrow until they repent, but whosoever repents and serves and honours God will be helped out of sorrow.

That is why the Bible says in Psalm 50:15: “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” God is ready to answer the call of the people that serve him. It is, therefore, important that everyone should have the knowledge of God and come to Him. That is why the Bible says in Mark 16:15: “And he said unto them, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.’” The word of God needs to get to every individual and to make them accept God and come out of their sorrows. Obedience to the word of God will bring one closer to God.

The believers should go all out at this time to preach the gospel to the needy, the sorrowful to accept our Lord Jesus Christ and allow the spirit of God to come into their lives. When the spirit of God comes into one’s life, the devil and his poverty, sicknesses and all that bring sorrow will give way.

Today, God is ready to help the sorrowful out of their problems and make them to rejoice. In the lead scripture above, the Israelites in Shushan were able to rejoice when God intervened in their affairs. All their enemies were eliminated hence nobody was planning ethnic cleansing against them. The only solution to end every sorrow in one’s life is God. Hold unto God, He will fight your battles and make you to rejoice in Jesus’ name.