Fri.’s Devo - God’s Steadfast Love

Read: Lamentations 3:1-66; Hebrews 1:1-14; Psalm 102:1-28; Proverbs 26:21-22 Jeremiah laments being under God’s rod of punishment. He feels like he is surrounded by darkness with no way of escaping the prison he is in. His people feel helpless and abandoned. Nothing is tasteful and nothing he sees can raise them from the depression they are in. Yet in his despair he dares to hope as he remembers that God’s love never stops; His mercies never come to an end but are refreshed every morning. God is good to those who depend on him. Jeremiah realizes that God never abandons his people forever. In the midst of grief, he shows compassion. God gets no delight in hurting people or causing sorrow. Why should man complain when they bring their own sorrow on themselves. Jeremiah called on the Lord to avenge his enemies. I love Hebrews! No one knows for sure who wrote Hebrews either. Most think that Paul wrote Hebrews. In the age before, God spoke through the law and the prophets, but in this new age, God was speaking through Jesus, his son. The son was the expression of God’s own glory and he was able to cleans us from sin and now sits at the right hand of God, the place of highest honor. All the angels worshipped him when he came to earth as a man. The earth was made for a time, but one day it will be destroyed, but God will never end. He lives forever. Hebrews lets us know information about angels. We learn that they have names (verse 4). They are below Jesus, even in his earthly form. And, verse 14 tells us that they are sent to earth to serve and care for us who will inherit salvation. Lord, thank you for the genius of your plan. Thank you for sending us a Savior in the man of Jesus. Thank you that he know dwells in us and we are never alone.