God's Faithfulness

Over the past several weeks God has been teaching me to trust in His faithfulness.  Yes, even Gospel Preachers need to be reminded of the great and awesome faithfulness of God as we face the challenges of life.  That is one of the reasons that each Christian must maintain a "teachable" spirit.  The right spirit keeps us in the position to receive the truth that God desires to deposit in our lives or should I say re-deposit in our lives at key points on our journey.  The past few weeks have found me dwelling on the precious promises of God and once again I was reminded of them this morning during prayer and meditation time.  I am thankful for the "fresh" Bread of Life that the Spirit shares with us as we choose to focus our thoughts on Him.

 

I was reminded of the following passage this morning during my time of  meditation and I want to share it with you today.  “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

Some words from the heart of Adrian Rogers spurred my thinking this morning.  Do you know what Lamentations 3:22-23 means? It means that God never runs out of compassion. Have you ever gone to Niagara Falls and watched the water rampaging with torrential force?  If you have ever enjoyed that experience you may have thought, “Surely the water is one day going to dry up.”  But it hasn’t.  The compassion of the Lord is greater than Niagara Falls and His compassions fail not.

In 1923, Thomas O. Chisholm wrote one of the greatest hymns of all time and this stanza is the refrain of this truth, “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father; There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.”

 

God is faithful. It does not matter what you are facing today you can lean upon Him and His faithfulness. He will never leave you nor will He forsake you but He will be with you as you face the challenges of life. (Hebrews 13:5)