The Steadfast Love

Of The LORD

Never Ceases

The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for one to bear the yoke in youth, to sit alone in silence when the Lord has imposed it, to put one’s mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope), to give one’s cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults.

For the Lord will not reject forever. Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

Lamentations 3:19-32

A study group had spent a restful night in a hotel in Tiberias. A man gazed out the window at the beauty of the sunrise of the Sea of Galilee. The group was about to visit the places that Jesus had walked 2,000 years ago, and the sunrise kicked the day off.

We don’t need to be in Israel to be amazed at what God gives us each day. Every morning of life offers us new challenges and rich blessings as we walk with Christ. Despite mistakes we may have made yesterday, choices we regret, and heartache we have endured, God is merciful to us. The sunrise reminds us of His faithfulness and of the new start each day brings.

Each new day the Lord gives to us – whether in the Bible lands or at home – is an expression of His faithfulness and provides opportunities to live for Him.

The best reason for hope

is God’s faithfulness.

Our Daily Bread – March 28, 2007