...great is Your faithfulness (Lamentations 3:22-27). Jeremiah has seen his share of affliction and yet he is able to count on the steadfast mercies of our Lord. I especially like the last part of this passage where he encourages us to wait on the Lord, to wait, and to 'bear the yoke in his youth'. Jeremiah is encouraging us to look upon our waiting on the Lord as a yoke, as something that we are tethered to in order to bring us to a place where we have been trained to peer beyond the circumstances of life and rather to see into the perfect eternal and supernatural realm of our Lord. He is always there, He is always faithful, He is always merciful. There is no reason to simply grit ones teeth until an ultimate and final day, rather we can rejoice in His goodness and wait for the unfolding of His good and perfect plan. May our fasting lead us to a patient waiting!
Let us be in prayer today for those who are sick or infirm. As they are forced to wait patiently, let us lift them up and ask that God would shower His mercies upon them today.
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