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Lamentations 3:22-23 (NKJV) 22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
His mercies are new every morning.
This phrase is familiar to most of us. We probably hear it often.
Maybe we hear it frequently enough that it has become somewhat cliche, causing the depth of this truth to slip by us.
The fact of the matter, though, is that it is true. His mercies are ever new.
Perhaps we may not have given this much thought. We just take it for granted.
Or maybe we have only recognized the grace of God when it comes to our redemption, and not regarding our daily lives.
We know that we are saved by God’s grace and His mercy.
Ephesians 2:8 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;
But God’s grace doesn’t end there. His mercy does not stop once we begin walking with Him.
On the contrary, His mercies are an active part of our lives until the day we pass from this life into eternity.
If His mercies only applied regarding our redemption, and they stopped once we are “saved”, this would mean that from that day, forward, our sins and shortcomings would be piling up for the rest of our lives with no way to take care of them.
Our growing list of transgressions would leave us perpetually wounded, hobbling, and without hope of any help whatsoever.
But along comes God and His mercy as we cry out for His help, and He rights our capsized ship, making it seaworthy again.
What’s even more important to understand is that He does this for us repeatedly. He is a God of unlimited chances.
Does this mean that we should live our lives, flippantly abusing His mercy and grace?
Absolutely not!
But as we come to Him with a sincere, remorseful heart, crying out for His help, He will bathe us in His mercies and set us on the right path once again, freeing us from the weight of our failures.
And this is the beauty of serving a merciful, compassionate, loving God who desires only that we serve Him wholeheartedly and with genuine reverence.

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