“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!”
The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:22-26)
According to the circumstances, many may project God who He is in their minds. For example, when situations exactly go their way, people may believe God is a genie in the bottle and praise Him wholeheartedly with gratefulness. However, when circumstances don’t turn out what they expect them to be, they may think and feel that God has forsaken them. Overall, people may depend on God in their entire devotion according to their situations and live their lives without God in their non-desperate situations.
The truth is that God has loved all humans from the
beginning, regardless of their misdeeds.
God’s abundant love upon them is unconditional and constant (Lamentations
3:22-23). Otherwise, He wouldn’t create them
and give them free will, or would create people and not give them free will,
because God already knows they will rebel at some point. God also wouldn’t send Jesus Christ, His only
beloved Son, to be atonement of their sins.
Although His heart breaks when misdeeds happen, it does not mean that
God has forsaken people. He is waiting for
them to repent and come to Him (2 Peter 3:8-9).
As He is faithful to His abundant love upon all humans, they have to
choose between coming to Jesus Christ and having their right to be called as
God’s children, or not coming to Him and doing and solving things on their own
strength.
Coming to Jesus and believing in Him wholeheartedly by accepting
Him as their Lord and Saviour lets people receive eternal life, even in
physical lives. Becoming God’s children
and accepting God’s help are not the signs of weakness, but of true
strength. As God has created all people
in His image, these reveal who they really are and acknowledge God is their
heavenly Father and Creator. Hence, those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord
and Saviour and have followed Him should keep holding to their hope in the Triune
God—God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit—even if life
becomes challenging with reminders of His faithfulness (Isaiah 40:28-31). It’s
in the challenging times, we can test our faith, and if we feel our faith is
weak, we should keep asking God to increase our faith and pray for His wisdom to
navigate our lives in godly ways (James 1:2-8).
Meditate on God’s faithfulness (Psalm 36:5-9) and hope (1
Peter 1:3-9), and ask yourself this question: “How can I increase my hope and
faithfulness in the Triune God?”
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