Lamentations 3:1-66,
In this chapter Jeremiah weeps as he sees the rubble of the once glorious city that men called the perfection of beauty. He sunk to an incredible low because the people had turned against him and even threatened that they would kill him. Now it seems that even God has turned against him, vs. 1-20. Looking around, it is totally hopeless. Amidst adversity, we can HOPE AGAIN. We can put on a new set of thoughts into our minds. We can cease thinking about “I, Me and Myself” and start thinking about God. The new mind-set says “It is because of the Lord's mercies that I am not consumed.” If God had given to us what we deserved, we wouldn't even be here. It is only by God's mercies that any of us are alive today. God never ceases to love us.
"Great is Thy faithfulness." God is faithful to warn of what He would do. God is faithful to do what He warns. But more, God is faithful to love and show mercy.
As a result of our sin: panic, pitfalls, devastation, destruction, fear, depression, anxiety, affliction, rejection, pain, disease, sickness, heartbrokenness, and desolation may fall on us. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. We can humbly turn to Him in repentance. The cure for depression and difficult moments is in looking up, being hopeful and putting on a new mind-set; “22 But this I call to mind, therefore I have hope. 23It is because of the Lord’s loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions never fail. 24They are new every morning; great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness. 25The Lord is my portion and my inheritance says my soul; therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. 26The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him, to those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word]. It is good that one waits quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” We can be sure “31The Lord will not cast us off forever. 30He is with us in our afflictions. 55-57When we call out His name in the lowest pit, He will hear our voices and He will draw near to us.”
I can hope again amidst adversity because God’s mercies are new every morning. His compassion fails not.
Regards,
Kachel NzakuNashipae
Regards,
Kachel NzakuNashipae
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