It's hard to remember how much He loves me.
Israel was in a time of great tribulation. God was judging them for there sins and inflicting much pain on the country. They had sinned and so they were getting the brunt of it. Sometimes we sin and God punishes us and other times he gives us hard times so that we can learn and grow.
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, for the testing of your faith develops perseverance, perseverance must finish it's work, so that you may become mature and complete not lacking anything" James 1:2-4
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Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
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Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
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They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
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I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
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The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
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it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:21-26
In the middle of the storm, they called to their mind the hope that they have in Jesus. In the middle of the storm, they called to their mind the hope that they have in Jesus.
So, today we are going to call to mind, take time to remember, like my last blog talked about check it out if you have time.
Today, we are going to remember that His love never fails, and his mercies are renewed every morning.
Sometimes when this life gets tough and the Lord is teaching us, we feel like we must be a horrible person for God to treat us this way.
Yet, I have a good word that God is teaching me. The Lord loves you. He teaches you because He loves you and there is nothing that you can do to make Him love you more, or anything you can do to make Him love you less.
Rest in that truth for a second. God's love is unconditional. He will love you if you fail the final or if you pass it.
Why is this so hard to believe? Probably because we live in a world where if you get tired of someone you walk out of their life. If you find a new friend, you ditch your old friends. If you do a poor job a work, you get fired. The world is conditional. Other's love for you is conditional on how you act and I know it's not fair but it's also conditional on the actions of others around you.
So, when we look around it's so easy to think that God must be the same way. That his love for us is conditional especially when He is disciplining us. Yet, in the middle of the storm we must call to our mind that His love never fails.
God loves you for who you are, and loves you so much that He doesn't leave you that way. His love never fails.
You know the saying, "never say never"
Why can't we say never? Well, because "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." James 4:14
Yet, God He knows what will happen tomorrow, Gosh He is even in control of it.
So, when God says never He means it.
Listen: God's love never fails.
The word in Never in the 1 corinthians 13 is oudepote.
This word means never, neither at any time, nothing at any time.
I take that to mean, not even once did My love fail.
Not for one second and one minute.
So, I'll leave you with this. In Jeremiah, the Lord was punishing Israel; it was a time of great grief. Yet in the middle of this we have.
"I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11
This was in the middle of the storm.
So, today the Lord is calling over the wind and the waves and saying don't look to the world look to me.
For, My Love NEVER fails.
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