Power Up Your SPIRIT
“Through the Lord’s mercies, we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV
What does it mean for something to be new every morning?
Imagine a covered bucket filled with water. Each time you choose to scoop water out, dirt would get into it because you must remove the lid.
But every morning, instead of just filling up the bucket with water, you change everything to fresh water.
All the dirt of the previous day is gone. The water stays clean each day, no matter how dirty your hands were before.
It’s encouraging to know that this is what we experience with God daily. The anchor scripture says His mercy and compassion are new every morning. That means each time you investigate the bucket of water, you find no reason to remember how dirty your hands were.
This is who we need to be to others daily as well.
Hack Your BODY
How can we express God’s renewed compassion to others daily?
When I read the verse, I reflected on myself as a leader and how, at various times, I would address some team members based on their mistakes of the past.
If someone on my team had a track record of laziness, that became the person’s identity in my mind. When they do something wrong, there’s almost no mercy to show. Unlike God, mercy wasn’t new every morning.
But after changing my lens, I could see that people can change and are excellent in certain areas I didn’t see.
Mercy didn’t automatically become new every morning, but I could give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
To have mercy renewed daily, we must first acknowledge God’s renewed mercy in our lives before we can really appreciate and express it to others.
It then becomes possible to look at the wrong done to us, pour out the dirty water and refill our hearts with a fresh dose. It’s not easy, but I believe it can be, with practice and divine help.
You are a work in progress. So am I.
Grow Your SOUL
“Something I’ve said or done to someone I care for recently that I wish I could take back was…”
(source: GrowthDay)
Regret isn’t entirely bad. It is what helps prevent us from making heart-wrenching mistakes twice. We have the power to transform negative events into positive outcomes.
Have you taken an action that was devoid of mercy and compassion? How would you do things differently now?
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