Revelation 5:5 But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David's throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals."

Look at this, a rebuke in heaven! One of the 24 elders said to John, I mean the “Apostle” John! Quit your crying! What? Getting rebuked in heaven, one of the greatest men of God that ever walked the face of this earth! Yup. Even John, standing in heaven, surrounded by Angels, Elders, Living beings with 6 wings, looking at the throne of God, didn't get it! Standing there,weeping in heaven, not understanding, saying within himself, what are we going to do now? He had just witnessed the Living beings crying Holy,Holy, Holy is The Lord God Almighty. He had just observed the 24 Elders fall down and lay their crowns at His throne and say You are worthy to receive glory honor and power. But John just didn't get it even in heaven. The elder said, Look! One of the things you do when you cry is close your eyes. When you do open them they are blurred with tears so you can not focus, then those tears have to be wiped away to be able to see reality. The Elder tells John to look, not at the problem, but at the answer. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to Davids throne, has won the victory. He is worthy and He can open the seals on that scroll!

In Daniel chapter 12, Daniel is receiving a word from God concerning the end times. Daniel asks in verse 8, when will all of this end. This is what gets us to weeping and crying all the time. When is it ever going to end? When are the trials going stop Lord? When Lord, when? In John 20 Mary is crying her eyes out when all of a sudden there, right before her is the Lord himself. He says, why are you crying. She was crying because they had taken away the body of her Lord. But the moment Jesus said Mary, she looked, she opened her eyes and she saw the truth. Jesus was alive! The Lord is saying your name today and telling you to look. Our Lord is not dead, He is alive! He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah and is sitting at the right hand of God making intersession for the saints (Romans 8:34). The trials and temptations will cease when we get to heaven and until then we have to keep our focus on Jesus who will take care of all our needs (Philippians 4:19) and will not allow you to go through anything you can not go through (1 Corinthians 10:13). So “stop weeping”! Open your eyes to see Jesus! He really is there.

Psalm 34:6(KJ) This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Here is a type of crying that Father loves to hear. When we cry out to Him in our weakness and we need Him. Joel 3:10 tells us , let the weak say I am strong and Ephesians 6:10 says be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. It is OK to be weak. It is OK to cry real tears. But it is even better in those times to cry out in prayer to your Dad who wants to show off to His child how strong He really is. Dad is always there for you. And he puts your tears in a bottle and in a book (Psalm 56:8). So don't be so macho, man or woman of God. Yes women can be just as stubborn as men. Let it out to Father and look to the “Lion of Judah” for your strength while crying out with a loud voice.

Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.

This is the toughest thing for everyone. Waiting patiently for Father to fix it. My own belief is shattered sometimes because He doesn't hurry up for my sake. His word doesn't say anything about Him doing anything in our time. Our patience is not in waiting it is in trusting Him while we are waiting. We keep wanting to take our eyes off of Father and put them back on the circumstance so then He has to work harder in our lives to get our eyes back and centered on Him. It just adds more time to the wait. The psalmist gives us some very valuable words for our lives in Psalm 37:34 . Put your hope in the LORD. Travel steadily along His path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed. A great part of our life and time would be truly blessed if we would do what this says, put your hope in the LORD and travel steadily along His path. When the path gets bumpy and hard keep on trusting Him, keep on looking at Him and stay close so you don't get lost. And simply remember He has won the victory for your life.