September 7 – God's Faithfulness

        Lamentations 3:21-25 – "Yet this I call to mind, and I therefore have hope: Because of Yahweh's great love, we are not consumed, for his acts of compassion never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.......Yahweh is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who pursues him."

        This has always been a favorite passage of mine, along with 1 John 1:9 which is related. It reminds me that I can start over with God each and every day, knowing that it is his faithfulness to me that is the controlling factor. My faithfulness to him is growing, but negligible, and lacking. God, however, knows that we are only dust, frail humans who fight against the sinful nature within us.

        2 Timothy 2:11-13 is also related and highlights God's faithfulness, even when we are not faithful to him. It is God's nature to be faithful in dispensing his love. That is why we should focus on his great love for us, and live accordingly in pursuing him and the understanding of that great love and faithfulness. Paul's prayer for Christians in Ephesians 3:16-19 is worth repeating: "I pray that out of his glorious riches, he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit, in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all believers, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fulness of God."