Lamentations 3:39-40 KJV
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
The chapter begins by admitting the difficulty the people of God were in. There is no doubt why this book would be called The Lamentations!
But in the midst of such sorrow, there is also hope. Lamentations 3:21-26 KJV
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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 unto 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.
As long as we have breath and life we have reason to hope and having hope we may rejoice. God's chastening hand upon us (remembering that Jerusalem was being chastened at the time of this writing) does not mean God no longer loves us but that He does love us and is bringing us to Himself.
In our times of chastening, God tells us exactly what to do, "….search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord."
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
The chapter begins by admitting the difficulty the people of God were in. There is no doubt why this book would be called The Lamentations!
But in the midst of such sorrow, there is also hope. Lamentations 3:21-26 KJV
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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 unto 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.
As long as we have breath and life we have reason to hope and having hope we may rejoice. God's chastening hand upon us (remembering that Jerusalem was being chastened at the time of this writing) does not mean God no longer loves us but that He does love us and is bringing us to Himself.
In our times of chastening, God tells us exactly what to do, "….search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord."
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