There is a passage in the Old Testament that says God’s mercies and compassion do not fail us, and that they are new every morning. Great is the faithfulness of the Lord! (Lamentations 3:22, 23)
Imagine that – God deals with us every morning with a new load of mercies and compassion. That bunch of blessings which he was waiting to bless us with yesterday no longer exists; He has replaced it with a new basket of blessings!
That should give us hope when we consider all the unfulfilled dreams and expectations we had for the past year. We look back at them today and say, “What a waste that I missed the opportunity. I wish I can roll back the time and redo the whole process.” But that is not possible. Nor is that necessary, because God is looking forward to what our response is today, not sulking over what we had missed. It is a new day!
It is also a new year. In order that we do not miss out or let the waiting mercy and compassion pass us by again, there are some things we can do.
Stop looking at ourselves, and start looking at God. When we fail, stumble and fall, there are some of us who are easily prone to be self-critical and self-condemning. When we look at God, Scripture says, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). The reason for that is simply what Lamentations 3:22, 23 declare – His mercies and compassion are new every morning, especially for those of us who are already in Christ Jesus.
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