The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
Lamentation 3:22-23
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
A close relative of one of our fellowship members passed away. The sister, who introduced the departed to Christ, invited me to lead in his funeral. She wanted to use the opportunity to share the gospel to the mourners. That was my first funeral service I led and I needed God’s wisdom in leading me to share the love of Jesus, and at the same time strengthen the family. God answered me with a reminder of His faithfulness and steadfast love.
“God is faithful. But faithful to what?”
All eyes in the funeral home were filled with anticipation, they waited for my next sentence: “Do you know that death is a part of God’s faithfulness?”
God is faithful. He is faithful to His words, His character, and to His promises. One of His promises is noted in Genesis 2:17, “But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” It is like what Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans that the wages of sin is death. Paul did not write it groundlessly, because it was from the beginning that God promised death as the consequence of sin. All have sinned and that makes death the default destination for us all.
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
1John 1:8-9
In His faithfulness, God is faithful to His character: love. And in His love, He has shown us life in Jesus Christ so that those who believe in Him will not walk in the darkness of death but in the light of life. He became the substitute for us, bearing death and shame, so that those who accept His sacrifice on the cross will live with Him; for in Him was (and is) life (Jn 1:4). The new life God gives us is not a life with sin. Because if we believe in the perfect sacrifice of Jesus, we will die to sin and live in the newness of life (Rm 6:4).
Can you see something interesting? When Paul said to the Romans that those who accept Christ’ sacrifice, die to sin with Him, will be with Christ in His resurrection (Rm 6:5); that is the newness of life. This new life is continually renewed, as God’s steadfast love and mercies are new every morning. Living in this newness of life with Him allows us to taste and see His faithfulness, which is made new every day!
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him
Lamentation 3:25
Let me conclude this devotion with Lamentations 5:25 that reminds us that the LORD is good to those who seek Him. Therefore, let us wait only for Him and seek His face as long as we live. While death may frighten us, or some might fear living even more, God has already shown us that He is faithful in both life and death.
We can’t escape death, unless Christ returns before we die, but in His faithfulness we believe that in Christ we live, and in this life, His love and mercy will never comes to an end. Let us worship Him with all that we have within us!
Thank you for reading this article, I hope you feel blessed as I do! I would be glad to hear your story about God and all His goodness. Let’s connect and walk on this journey together!
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