"Great is Thy Faithfulness"

This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him.” (Lamentations 3:21-24, NKJV)

Two ladies chatted away over a quiet lunch together in a corner restaurant. A careful observer would have noticed controlled laughter and hushed tears exchanged between the two throughout the course of the meal. After their plates were empty they pushed them aside and lingered in each others’ company.

Conversation kept coming back around to bad news from a doctor’s office, thus the tears. But, how could there also be laughter mingled with the pain?

God’s faithfulness!

The doctor’s report was really bad, but God’s faithfulness brings hope.

How do people go through hard times, uncertainty, and failing health without the Lord?

God’s children look back over their life, remember God’s faithfulness in the past, and rest in the assurance God will continue to be faithful in the future. What does the unbeliever have to cling to?

During the first half of the last century the hymn writer Thomas O. Chisholm wrote:

1. Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father!
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not:
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

Chorus: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided--
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

2. Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow—
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Are you struggling through a rough road in your life? Cling to the character of God for your strength. He is faithful.

Do you have a friend who is struggling? Look to your Heavenly Father. His compassions and mercies never fail.