Lamentations 3

Lamentations 3

Goodness gracious...what a chapter!  Can you imagine having God tell you that punishment is coming and then having to live in it?  Can't you feel Jeremiah's pain?  We really don't know what he is going through, but wow, through words we can feel it.  When dark seasons come in our lives, which they will, we can find ourselves wondering what God is up to.  We can ask questions.  We can feel the pressure, but Jeremiah is deep with the Lord and is able to state some great words starting in v.21.  He love will protect us.  His compassion never fails.  His mercies are new each morning.  The Lord is my portion.  I will wait for Him.  The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to those who seek Him.  It is good to wait on Him quietly (that's very tough).  It is good to bear the yoke...because God is making something good!  Seriously, embrace those words from Jeremiah.  In the midst of his tears and agony, he still thinks on these good things.  Paul tells us in Philippians 4:8 to think on such things.  Meditate on these.  Drink these in.  Chew them up.  Make them a part of your vocab.  Those things are tough, God is greater still.  Wow!  I needed this chapter for my own personal life.  I love how His Word is alive and active.  Amen!

"Have Christ..always in view when you are reading the word of God, and this, like the star in the east, will guide you to the Messiah" - George Whitefield