Daily Devotional by Charlotte Adams

“His (God’s) Compassions Never Fail”

The title comes from one of my favorite Scripture verses from Lamentations because it is just that gentle reminder that I need daily, and oftentimes, more than once throughout the day.

The set up:

“I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness

and the fall.  I well remember them and my soul is downcast

within me.  Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope.

Lamentations 3:19-21

The promise:

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.  I say to myself, “The Lord is my

portion; therefore, I will wait for Him.”  The Lord is good

to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him.

Lamentations 3:22-24

I don’t know what’s happening in your life right now, but I know that for me, and for so many around me whose stories I do know, there seems to be these recurring themes of “life interruptions” or “why me, and why is God not fixing this”, as we are encountering things that have been placed in our lives for which there seem to be no solution.  The joy, peace, and contentment that we all seek has been seemingly somehow overshadowed as we are grappling with how to respond to these circumstances in ways that would be pleasing and honoring to our God.

However, I may have just identified the problem in that the solutions and resolutions are not within our power to accomplish, but solely within God’s power, so we must look to Him.  That means relinquishing control (which we don’t have anyway), and trusting that God is going to supply us with what we need in our struggles so that we are equipped to handle whatever comes our way.  Our only hope is in God and we must therefore go to Him in our weakness, depending solely on him.  May we be comforted by knowing that what we might view as our weakness, and inability to handle things, God uses as an opportunity for us to draw close (closer) to Him and depend on Him. I am feeling a sense of relief as I just wrote that.  Hope you did as well.  Therefore, I will wait on Him.  Thank you Lord.         

            

Have a very blessings-filled weekend and week. We welcome you to join us Sundays at Grace Harbor for Children’s Sunday School and Adult Bible Study at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday Worship Service at 10:00a.m.

Love in Him,

Charlotte