Great is God’s Faithfulness
“It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” -Lamentations 3:22-23
The prophet Jeremiah, in the midst of his lamentations over the sin and captivity of his nation, realizes that God has been very merciful. It is one thing to look at the bad and see things from the perspective of all that we don’t have, or all that God has taken away, yet in truth, we, like Jeremiah in the verses above, ought to recognize that it is of God’s mercy that we are not all consumed in God’s anger.
We ought to be thankful that God shows us mercy and compassion with each new day. Every morning that we are given from the Lord ought to be seen as a gift, and that He has been very faithful in showing us new mercy and patience each new day, as surely as the sun rises.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. . . . The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” -Psalm 103:1-5, 8-14
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