Great Is Thy Faithfulness
On Sunday, I was blessed to celebrate another birthday. He is faithful! I'm at the age now where gifts don't really matter. Wait, that's not true. Gifts do matter, and it's not too late to send them. I'm just saying. This is TC's Truth, right? Right, send gifts if you so choose.
Ok, so gifts aren't the most important thing in life to me. Not tangible gifts, anyway. Things come and go. Things get old and worn out. What really, truly matters to me is that the Lord saw fit to let me live. He didn't have to do it, but He did. As cliche' as it sounds, I could have been dead, sleeping in my grave. But it is true, and I'm thankful. I'm thankful that in my many years of living, God has been good to me. He is faithful! I have made some mistakes. I have done wrong, and I've done people wrong. Through it all, I have kept a hold to my faith. So more than anything today, I am grateful that God allows new mercies each day, TODAY
22 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.
I am glad that He is faithful. That God is not like man, He won't ever let us down. Even in this season that I'm in, I know that God is working things out for my good. He promised never to leave me nor forsake me. I believe that His word is true.
So, you may be in a season of struggle and lack right now, if so, what attitude are you taking during this trying time? Do you have the ‘give up’ spirit? Are you allowing yourself to feel defeated? What party are you inviting your friends and family to? Praise party, or pity party? I am not delusional, so I understand that some of us are not doing well. It’s hard out here, and sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. I get it, I really do. I’m doing well spiritually, but in my personal life there are many challenges. Challenges that make me want to throw in the towel. Go back to the place where I know how to make things happen, to get things done. But that is not my destiny. That goes against my promise.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11
So I place my hope in the Lord, the one who has an expected end for me, and has my best interest at heart. See, I think that my situation is the absolute worst situation, but I have good enough sense to know that somebody, somewhere is worse off than me…and you. Do like the song says, be grateful. Someone else would love to be in your shoes.
Allow me to encourage you today; no matter what you might be facing, trust in the Lord. Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to trust in the Lord with all our heart; and lean not to our own understanding. In all our ways we should acknowledge Him, and He shall direct our paths.
Don’t give yourself any options other than the Lord. Stay focused on the one who can make a difference. He will bring you out. And when He does, we will give Him the glory and honor, for it was Him that did it, and not we ourselves.
He is faithful!