Lamentations 3: 22-24
“The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.”
Sitting down in front of my computer screen to check emails, I was still reeling after receiving devastating news earlier in the day. My eyes burned from the tears shed; my heart felt weighed down from the disappointment. My mind was a mass of confusion, lacking understanding. Why Lord? Where are you, Lord? Help me get through this, Lord.
Tapping on the keys, my mail popped up. Scanning through them quickly, my attention was drawn to one from a dear, older woman who, along with me, led Bible studies in our neighborhood: “Oh, my dear friend, I just know there is something wrong! I can’t get you off my mind. The Lord said, ‘Pray!’ and that’s what I have been doing. Please tell me how I can help you!“ The tears, so close to the surface, spilled out again as I typed a response, revealing my broken heart and how she could pray. Reaching out to me the way she did could only have been directed by God Himself. He knew what I needed and demonstrated His faithful love and compassion toward me by sending this dear friend to minister to me when I needed it the most. She was Jesus “with skin on.”
Thomas Chisholm, who wrote the beautiful hymn, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” penned these words: “Just think, with each new day, God gives us the chance to prove His faithfulness. And throughout history, He’s never once been proven wrong, for His mercies are new every morning, no matter what.”
It doesn’t take dire circumstances from which to be rescued to see His miraculous provision or to experience His faithfulness and compassion. He demonstrates how faithful He is in His Word, by answered prayer, and through the kindness of others. Though I might have chosen a different way for God to prove His faithfulness, He used it as a powerful reminder that He chooses the circumstances, we choose the response.
Dear Father, in this season of thanksgiving, we recall how You have demonstrated Your faithfulness to us in innumerable ways, and we thank You. In turn, may we always be sensitive to Your voice, to respond when You call us to be Jesus “with skin on,” demonstrating Your faithfulness to others. We ask in the faithful name of Jesus. Amen.
“Great is His Faithfulness” was awarded third place for Devotional Writing at the Ashville Christian Writers’ Conference in 2020. All thanks and glory to God!
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