22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. Lamentations3:22-23
The sixth of Selwyn Hughes Spiritual Laws (as sure as gravity) is all about daily renewal. Although the Law itself is pretty obvious, I find that all of us neglect this law in practice.
Our walk with God is a relationship.
Many of us think that we give our hearts to Jesus once and we repent once and then its all a done deal. But our walk with God is a daily returning to Him.
Whether I like it or not, a sincere relationship with God will involve recognising every day that I have drifted away from Him and need to return to Him in ongoing repentance.
Many people don't like the idea of coming back to God "cap in hand" all the time, but our verse for the day puts a new angle on it. God's mercies are always way ahead of us. We can't catch God empty-handed of mercy and compassion. We can't surprise Him with more brokenness than He is able to heal.
His loving-kindness and compassion are new every day - we are not coming "cap in hand" before a tyrant with a scarcity mentality. We can come to a God who daily offers more than we could ever need!
That kind of makes you want to run to Him doesn't it? :-)
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Theo Groeneveld theo@emmanuel.org.za
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