Every Hour: A 3-Day Devotional With David LeonardSample

Limitless Provision

“Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!” – Lamentations 3:22-23

When was a time you hit your limit in a situation? Maybe all your best efforts failed, and you weren’t sure what to do next. As humans, we all have limits. Our time, energy, effort, and stamina are all limited. Those limits apply in every situation. We can hit our limit whether we are working on a project, eating pancakes, investing in a relationship, or running a marathon.

But limits don’t apply to God. Jeremiah put it this way—God’s mercies never end.

So extraordinary is God’s limitlessness in meeting our needs, Jeremiah stated it here in four different ways—God’s love is faithful, His mercies never end, they are new every morning, and His faithfulness is great!

It’s important to understand that Jeremiah wasn’t celebrating a circumstance. He was God’s prophet during some of Israel’s very worst days. The Babylonian army had sieged Jerusalem, there was famine in the city, and the Judean army fled. The temple was looted and burned. The leaders were executed. The people were exiled. Jeremiah served as the already unpopular role of prophet during a horrifically unpopular time.

But all that difficulty was secondary to the knowledge that God’s mercy is limitless. Jeremiah knew He needed God and that God was an ever-present help, a refuge and strength for whatever he would face. Jeremiah and all of Israel were completely overwhelmed in every sense of the word. But God’s mercies would never end.

God’s love for us is faithful, one hundred percent of the time. Every single morning, we can know that He extends His mercy to us. He never hits His limit, no matter how much we push Him. He is gracious, merciful, compassionate, and faithful to sinful and broken people over and over again.

To say that God is there to meet our need every hour of every day is to say also that there is hope in every circumstance. Our circumstances may be out of our hands, but they are in His. And every day, His mercies are new.

Reflection

·What are you waiting for God to provide? How is He revealing His mercies as you wait?

·Think about your prayer life. Do your prayers reflect the understanding that God’s faithfulness in meeting your needs is limitless? Why or why not?

·Thank God that His mercies are new each day. Praise Him for His faithfulness in meeting your needs. Ask Him to help you trust in His limitless provision.