“Because of the LORD’s faithful love

we do not perish,

for His mercies never end.

They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness!

I say: The LORD is my portion,

therefore I will put my hope in Him.”

Lamentations 3:22-24 (HCSB)

Last week I didn’t post a blog.  It’s the first Monday I’ve missed since I started blogging back in May.  I’d had a hectic week of travel and by Sunday afternoon, I was tired and gave in to the tiredness.  I wanted to write but just didn’t.  My goal to post every week was set aside – just for that week I told myself.

As the week progressed, I reflected on not posting, and  I thought to myself, “It’s not a big deal.  Sometimes you miss a day.”  Then it hit me – God never misses a day, or even a moment.  I wanted to be faithful to write and post to my blog but I wasn’t.  How quickly I’d forgotten what I’d written about in my previous post on “Committed or Surrendered” – especially the part about being obedient when I didn’t feel like it.  Unlike me, God is forever faithful.

And don’t we all need to know that there really is someone who is completely faithful, no matter the situation?  All of us want to have someone we can totally trust. Someone who will not let us down.  The writer of the book of Lamentations knew who to put his trust in – God alone.  In the verses above, we see that it is God’s faithful love that sustains us, bestowing grace and mercy on us each new day.

God’s love for His children is limitless. It cannot be used up. It cannot run out.  We cannot have a need so great that He cannot fill it. This is what the writer of Lamentations came to understand – despite the difficult circumstances he found himself in, God was still faithful in His love and care for him and His people.  Because of God’s faithfulness, he possessed something we all need – hope.  God’s faithfulness produces hope for those who have trusted Him for their salvation.

We live in dangerous times.  There is much turmoil, unrest and chaos.  There are multiple opportunities for fear everywhere we turn.  And yet, God is still on His throne.  He is still faithful and He stills call us to trust Him.  If you haven’t done so, won’t you trust Him with your life? You will find no one so faithful, loving and true.

All the LORD’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep His covenant and decrees.                Psalm 25:10 (HCSB)