Psalm 89:1 says “I will sing of the mercies of The Lord forever, with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.” Lamentations 3:21-24 says “It is of The Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion saith my soul, therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good to them that wait for Him to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of The Lord.”
How many times do we stop and consider The Lord's faithfulness? Every day His mercies are new, and His compassions fail not. Through the hard times, and the good times God never changes. His Word remains steady and sure, and there is nothing uncertain about His faithfulness to keep His promises. Have you ever stopped to consider the power of God? He rules the heavens, and the earth. He could have made one star, and one moon, and the earth, and stopped. He could have just made the earth as well, and stopped. But He didn't. He decided to go beyond all that we could ask or think, and create infinite wonder and beauty in the heavens of heavens, and in the earth. He went so far as to create you and me, and not just create us, but to give us unique thoughts and dreams, and feelings and goals. He went beyond, just to show that He could, and prove that His faithfulness is never ending. When we think we can't go on another day, and when our failures seem to be closing in on us, God sends us his love, in the form of a ray of sunshine, a bird, a flower. The sound of rain on our roof, and the knowledge that we are safe inside His arms. His mercies are new every morning. His strength is sufficient for another day. Great is His faithfulness.

I read a book recently Priscilla Shier entitled “God is Able” The entire book was an explanation and practical application of Ephesians 3:20-21 that says “Now unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above ALL that we can ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages. World without end. Amen.” Mrs. Shier basically took every negative thought, and concern we have about God, and challenged it with the truth of Scripture. Through stories, and insights from her life, she showed the importance of trusting and believing that God is truly able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think. And He requires us to live in light of that belief.
Remember in Psalm 89:1 that I shared earlier how it said “I will sing of the mercies of The Lord forever, with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations”? From this verse we can see that God expects us to live and take actions in light of His mercy and faithfulness. He not only wants our hearts to know and believe that His is able, He wants us to speak it with our mouths. It's hard to be grumpy when your always speaking and singing about the faithfulness and mercy of God. I'm reminded of the verse “O Lord, open thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.” Psalm 51:15 we must choose to set our focus on things above, and not on things on the earth. We must fill our mouths with the praises of The Lord, and not cease to speak and sing of His faithfulness always. Our words are very powerful instruments that can be used for construction or desctruction. We must choose to live in the light of God's faithfulness, and speak of His mercy. It doesn't come easily, but we'll find that the more we speak the praises of The Lord, the more we'll see His faithfulness.

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