GREAT IS GOD'S FAITHFULNESS

This morning as I was reading Lamentations 3, verses 19 and 21-23, I was struck by the faithfulness of God.  Those verses say, "I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.  Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope.  Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  They are new every morning, "Great is your faithfulness."


The study tells us:  "Jeremiah saw one ray of hope in all the sin and sorrow surrounding him:  Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail." God willingly responds with help when we ask.  (And I add...when we ask and believe, trusting in His guidance.)


It is so easy to become swept up in self-pity,  self-loathing, or self-pride when we carry out our life's days forgetting that God is in charge. Been there; done that, I'm sorry to say.  Although much of my life has passed, I am just now really learning to spend my days under God's direction and am happily adjusting to reminding myself continuously that He is my main Man, not me!


As I go to write this blog, writing down some notes first by pen, I get excited by the whisper of the Lord telling me to check the book "Jesus Calling." For Sept. 10, the book by Sarah Young says, I am always available to you.  Once you have trusted Me as your Savior, I never distance Myself from you.  Sometimes you may feel distant from me.  Recognize that as a feeling; do not confuse it with reality.  No matter what you may lose in this life, you can never lose your relationship with Me."


Young's book is absolute truth, the words of Jesus coming from Is. 54:10. Gen.28:15, and Mat. 28:20.


Christ's presence in our lives fills us with His Spirit each moment.  As we remember Him, He remembers us!  We cannot lose our relationship with the Lord Jesus!


We may deliberately ignore the relationship, sadly enough.  We may forget it for a while, unfortunately, but it cannot become lost.  He will always be there once He has been recognized.  Even forgotten, He is there.  We are His and He is ours.


To whom or what am I faithful?  Not to myself, I hope, as I mess up a lot! No.  I must be faithful to the God who made me, waited and watched for me, blessed me, carried me through high "waters", lifted me over rough "roads", saved me from hating myself and taught me how to love others and myself.


He is always there for me.  He will always be there for You.  He is among us and He is IN us.


Thanks be to God.


Jo in MN