“I
will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever” Ps. 89:1 KJV
Around 400 years after the great psalmist of
Israel King David died, the country had so abandoned their worship of God that
He sent them away into exile and destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. In the
midst of the overwhelming sorrow of that event Jeremiah the prophet wrote the
book of Lamentations. It is an extensive confession of guilt and expression of
the pain inflicted by God for Israel’s great sin. In the very middle of that lamentation is a
brilliant ray of sunshine, “Through the
Lord’s mercies we are not consumed; His compassions fail not; they are new
every morning; Great is Thy Faithfulness!”
God’s goodness and mercy are not always
found in bouquets of flowers and sunny days. They are with us always, even in
the darkest times of our lives. David had known many years of struggle and
pain. He had fled from his home, lost his wife, lived as a hunted refugee in a
strange land, but he said that God’s goodness and mercy followed him all the
days of his life. God’s goodness was not a circumstance; it was a truth. That
is still true today.
Precious
Shepherd, Help us to understand that Your goodness and mercy is always true to
the sheep of Your pasture. Amen.
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