Everybody dreads Mondays at one point or another. It's back to the grind. You go from the weekend to being five days from the weekend. The traffic, duties, and people you got away from on the weekend are back. It's inevitable.
Maybe you're feeling like there's no way to get past the stuff of life. Maybe you did something over the weekend you regret. You could be overwhelmed with life and don't know how you're going to get past it. Then again, you might not be pressed all that hard but you still could use some reassurance that God actually does care about you. Below is one of those "Wow" kind of passages from the Bible. Read it and then we'll look at it a bit more.
The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day (Lamentations 3:23; NLT).
Look at the middle phrase, "By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction". Encouraging stuff. Are you breathing right now? Good. Thank God for His mercy. Been destroyed recently? Credit God's unfailing love and mercy. Have things been difficult in the past but they're looking up now? God's faithfulness is large...huge.
If you're a follower of Christ and God is your Heavenly Father, then his promise to you is His unfailing love. In the first sentence in the passage above God tells us that his love is unfailing (eternally consistent) and it never ends. The passage also says that his faithfulness is great (literally 'huge'). So God's love is eternally consistent, doesn't stop, and his faithfulness is huge. Even on a Monday. Oh yeah, and every other morning too. God's mercies are there on hump day or your worst day. We all have those days we would like to forget, but few of us rarely face destruction. We can thank God for His mercy on that one.
Your boss may fail you. A co-worker may blame you for their mistake. The car may break down or your A/C may go out at your home. You may even get stuck in the dreaded Interstate parking lot. No matter what, you can count on God to be there faithfully loving you fresh and new every day.
Take some time right now or sometime today and draw close to God. Enjoy his presence and unfailing love.
Have a great day.
About Me
- simplyken
- Ken Miller is a speaker, teacher, and helps married couples have healthy marriages. He has pastored growing churches in Oklahoma, Virginia, and Georgia. Ken has been a featured speaker at family conferences in the Middle East and middle Africa. Ken is a certified Prepare-Enrich counselor and holds a masters degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Ken has been married to Michelle for twenty three years and has two children, Abby and Emily.