Today’s Encouragement

Revelation 21:4 gives believers a picture of the future God has promised: He will wipe away all tears, and there will be no more death, sorrow, crying, or pain. This promise does not make present suffering small. It tells us that suffering will not have the final word.

We live in a world where grief and pain are real, but Christ has secured a future in which all things will be made new. Hope in that future gives us strength to endure present hardship with honesty and faith. We can mourn what is broken while still looking forward to the day when God Himself will make every wrong thing right.

There are pains in this life that words cannot fully explain. Some tears come from grief, some from disappointment, some from fear, and some from burdens carried quietly where no one else can see. But Revelation 21:4 gives the believer a beautiful promise: the day is coming when God Himself will wipe away every tear.

This verse points us to the hope of eternity with the Lord. It reminds us that sorrow does not get the final word. Death does not get the final word. Pain does not get the final word. God does.

When the Bible says, “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,” it shows us a future where everything broken by sin will be gone forever. The grief we have known, the pain we have endured, and the burdens that have weighed heavy on our hearts will not follow us into the presence of God.

The phrase “for the former things are passed away” is a promise of complete restoration. What hurts now will one day be behind us. What is heavy now will one day be lifted. What brings tears now will one day be replaced with eternal joy in the presence of the Lord.

Until that day, we can hold on to hope. God sees every tear, knows every sorrow, and is faithful to comfort His people. The same God who will wipe away all tears then is near enough to comfort us now.