Monday Reading: Lamentations 3:21-25
Key Verse: Lamentations 3:22
22 It is by Jehovah's kindnesses that we are not destroyed, because His mercies never fail.
Devotion:
As bad as things may seem to get for each of us, it is because of the mercy of The Lord that they are not worse than they are. God’s mercy will never fail us when we have put our faith and trust in Him; though our own faith and trust will fail over time, His mercy will never change nor fail. Our task set before us is to not be overcome by our grief nor pain but to wait patiently on The Lord.
As I read through the account of Jacob and his brothers waiting patiently for the seven years of famine to end I did wonder whether I would have been able to wait that long. God had given Pharaoh the dream and Jacob had given the interpretation that God had given Him. Even knowing that there was doubt in the people and even in his brothers; how would they know that this famine would only last seven years and not continue on? How would they know that the seeds that they planted on that seventh year would actually grow and not fail like the seven previous year’s crops? God’s promises never fail!
God made sure that they were prepared and had stored up enough food for the seven years of famine. He made sure that the people had to stop and take note about what was happening because many of them had to sell the livestock for food as well as their land. After the seven years of famine came more good times when the people would again be able to sustain themselves, but this time many were giving one fifth of their crop back to Pharaoh because they no longer owned the land they worked.
We need to be willing to give back to God what He has given to us. We need to be willing to depend totally on God to supply what we need to grow. We need to depend on the promises of God because they cannot and will not fail!
Points to Ponder:
Have you ever been disappointed by your life?
Are you still relying on God?
