His Compassions Fail Not

A popular saying goes, "People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care." There is truth in this. When we go through trials and deep sorrow, no amount of knowledge is going to comfort us, we really want the love, support, care and compassion of people around us. The same is with our relationship with God. We need to know that God is with us when it hurts, when our lives are full of sorrow, pain and grief. He cares and He understands.

The Bible tells us that our God is merciful, gracious, anxious to forgive, slow to anger and full of loving kindness and compassion. He does not treat us as our sins deserve. Every time we are down, we need to remember the past faithfulness and compassion of God towards us! This is our hope! Like dew every morning, His compassions are new every morning and they will never fail us!
Lamentations 3:20-26
I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Jesus is not out of touch with our reality. He understands the path we take and He identifies with our struggles and pain. This is because He has walked the very path we walk and has felt every emotion that we face and yet He was able to overcome. When Jesus was on earth, we read often in the scripotures that Jesus was moved by compassion and He intervened on behalf of His people. Even as Jesus is in Heaven, He continues to be moved by compassion for us and He is forever interceding for us and offering us grace and mercy! That picture of Jesus interceding for me constantly for me to get through what I am going through, truly touches me and help me to rise up and overcome with His strength!

Hebrews 4: 14 - 16

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Yes, we can hold firmly to the faith we have even when it hurts, even when things are not going great. God is compassionate and He will make a way for us! In fact, He is already working at it, interceding for us and we need to together partner with Him and recognise and receive His mercy and grace for our situation. The writer James says that even in Job's situation, the Lord was full of compassion and mercy and brought about restoration.
James 5: 11

As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

It is because of God's loving kindness that we can trust Him! He is faithful and will never fail us! We have reason to hope in Him and as we hope, He is good to us! Let us persevere!

Psalm 145: 8 - 9

The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
    slow to anger and rich in love.

The Lord is good to all;
    he has compassion on all he has made.