New Every Morning

New Every Morning

Lamentations 3: 21-23 Complete Jewish Bible
21 But in my mind I keep returning to something, something that gives me hope - 
22 that the grace of ADONAI is not exhausted, that his compassion has not ended. 
23 [On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!

   Are you amazed at the goodness of God?  We serve a God whose compassion never fails.  His love and unmerited favor come to us in an unlimited bounty.  And Jeremiah, even in the intense sorrow he must have been feeling by the defeat of his nation and the destruction of the Holy City, cries out that God’s mercies are new every morning.  If you’re a Christian, you need to grasp this concept.  God’s compassion never wears out.  He’s was merciful towards you yesterday, and this morning He’s merciful towards you again. He gave you grace yesterday from out of His love, and today He will give you grace again.  When you woke up this morning, you faced a God Who shows mercy and grace to you in abundance.
   I once read of a tribe of, I think, Eskimos who believe that when they go to sleep at night they die.  They are not jus “dead to the world” but are actually dead.  And then, when they wake up in the morning, they have been resurrected and are living a new life.  To their minds no Eskimo of their tribe is more than one day old.  This is a unique way to learn to face life one day at a time!
   All of nature tries to teach us this concept.  If we look around we see where the trees were bare and looked dead last January are now green and alive and growing.  Water that was frozen over with a thick layer of ice now boasts fish and insects in abundance.  Mornings were quiet and still and now echo with bird calls and droning of insects.
   God shows us that He never tires of new starts.  He freshens the world with dew each morning and will freshen your life every morning as well.  His living water is new every morning and will refresh our lives.
   He takes our failures and composts them uses them to be the fertile ground where our lives can begin to grow again.  (I hope I said that right.  I hope you get my meaning.)
   The God we serve, the creator of heaven and earth, has mercy enough to not allow us to be consumed when we offend Him.  In contrast, the scripture says Satan prowls around as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.  It’s the adversary’s plan to take you out!  But our God does just the opposite.  He doesn’t want you to be consumed, He wants to preserve you and see you increase.  Brothers and sisters please know and rejoice that God has your best interests at heart.  His love for you is immeasurable and He will never fail you.
   I saw the sun come up this morning.  The past few weeks have been hard on us.  Yet when I prayed, I knew God’s love was covering me and renewing my spirit.  When I read my Bible portion this morning, my heart responded to the words.  With the rising of the sun, renewal comes to the world; the dark of night fades and the sleeping birds awaken and the still of night becomes the hustle and bustle of a new day.  Watching the world “wake up” with the dawn is a good way to appreciate what happens to you when you kneel in His presence and allow Him to refresh your life with His love.  Like Jeremiah I can say, “Great is Thy faithfulness!”

Stephen Cram                             July 10, 2011                        Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.  Colossians 2:8