God’s Faithfulness
Lamentations 3:23
•Introduction
Lam. 3:23
• “They are new every morning: great
is thy faithfulness.”
1. Meaning of faithfulness
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Being honest to one’s word
Committed
Constant
Loyal
True
2. God is faithful
• Deut. 7:9
• “Know therefore that the LORD thy
God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand
generations”
Ps. 89:1-2
• I will sing of the mercies of the LORD
for ever: with my mouth will I make
known thy faithfulness to all
generations. For I have said, Mercy
shall be built up for ever: thy
faithfulness shalt thou establish in
the very heavens.
1 Cor. 10:13
• There hath no temptation taken you
but such as is common to man: but
God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that ye are
able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye
may be able to bear it.
• God’s faithfulness helps Christians to
endure the trials of life and know
that our home in heaven is secure if
we continue faithful
• Our text from Lam. 3 speaks of God’s
faithfulness
3. Background of Lamentations
• In this book Jeremiah writes about the
fall of Jerusalem to Babylon
• Over 150 years earlier the Northern
Kingdom of Israel had fallen to Assyria
• Now Judah – because of idolatry – was
taken into captivity by the Babylonians
• The final siege of Jerusalem lasted
some 18 months
• Many of the people were sent off
into captivity
• The city lay in ruins for many years
• Lamentations records Jeremiah’s
feelings as he surveyed the remains
of this once great city
• Lam. 1:1; 3:8-9, 18, 19-23
• Jeremiah changed his outlook when
he remembered God’s faithfulness
• He remembered that God was
always present
• Lam. 3:22-24
I. God’s faithfulness: The answer to
disasters
• God’s faithfulness is mankind’s
answer to the world’s problems and
disasters
• Look at the Prodigal son of Lk. 15
Rom. 8:35
• Who shall separate us from the love
of Christ? shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom. 8:37-39
• 37 Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him
that loved us.
• 38 For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come,…
• 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any
other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• When disaster comes, God’s
faithfulness remains
• When you fail, God’s faithfulness is
there
II. How to have this assurance when
trials come
• 1. Wait patiently
• 3:25– “The LORD is good unto them
that wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him”
• Patience is not a popular quality in
our impatient world
• Jeremiah’s advice to Christians is to
wait for God – whose faithfulness
never fails
• 2. Sit silently
• 3:28– “He sitteth alone and keepeth
silence, because he hath borne it
upon him”
• We need to meditate on God’s
faithfulness – it will give us strength
to persevere in the trials we face
• 3. Submit willingly
• 3:29-30
• 29 “He putteth his mouth in the
dust; if so be there may be hope.
• 30 He giveth his cheek to him that
smiteth him: he is filled full with
reproach”
• When problems overtake us – we
tend to react without trusting God’s
strength
• We try to overcome our despair and
discouragement with our own
strength – when that fails we
become more discouraged
• A trust in God will answer life’s trials
• As we struggle with adversity in life
we need to remember that God’s
mercies have never stopped
Lam. 3:31-32
• 31 For the Lord will not cast off for
ever:
• 32 But though he cause grief, yet will
he have compassion according to the
multitude of his mercies.
Conclusion
• God’s faithfulness is new every day
• We may become faint and weary but
God will not
• The greatness of God’s faithfulness
allows us to renew our strength
PS. 119:90
• Thy faithfulness is unto all
generations: thou hast established
the earth, and it abideth.