Unfailing Mercies and Faithfulness

Psalms 89:1-2 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

Experiencing difficulties sometimes has a way of causing us to forget God's goodness. The enemy uses our current troubles to keep us focused on the problem, and cause us to forget that God is bigger than our trials. The enemy wants us to become ungrateful, and wants us to lack contentment. He tries to direct us onto a path of grumbling and complaining, so that all we focus on is our sorrows and worries, until we become depressed and cannot see how blessed we really are. Before the psalmist complains to God about his current misery, he first reminds himself, by praising God, of the Lord's past mercy and faithfulness toward him. By doing this, he can bring his concerns, grumblings, and complaints, to God, but in the end be able praise God for His goodness. This is something we need to put into practice daily. We are forgetful creatures. Often, all it takes is for our plans to go sideways for us to begin murmuring and having a "pity party for one", and only those who are willing to murmur with us are invited. We need to begin each day reminding ourselves of God's past and present mercies, blessings, and faithfulness; then finish our day in the same manner. When we do this, regardless of what happens in between, we will always be reminded that God's mercy and faithfulness will show up again, in His time, when He has fully accomplished the good He set out to perform through the very trial we are grumbling about. Let us stay focused on the Lord today, and praise Him for His mercies that are new every day, and His unfailing faithfulness.

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 7:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).