Not Consumed
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. Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV)
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 (New International Version, NIV)
Because of the Lord’s great love for us, He doesn’t consume us or allow others or circumstances in life to consume us. For example, He does not allow betrayal, pain, loss of a loved one, our own failings and weaknesses to totally overcome us. Based on God’s love, we are sustained even when we face trouble, experience lengthy times of testing, or are assailed by many temptations.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 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. Romans 8:35-39 (KJV)
The Lord is holy, thus, separate from sin. Yet, He comes close to those who are of a broken heart. The Lord will come to the rescue so we are not consumed by whatever we are facing. His holiness is separate from sin, but nothing can separate us from God’s love. He loves us always and forever.
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. II Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)
Because God’s great love never fails and God Himself is love (I John 4:8), God will never fail. Although we may face failure, God will always cause us to triumph.
God’s love meets us every morning for great is God’s faithfulness: His dependability, reliability, and trustworthiness. God’s love for us is new and abundantly overflowing every morning. He has a new day for us, and wants to do new things for us and through us so others can experience God as we do.
His faithfulness is based on His love for us. His great love will not allow us to be consumed by trouble. Instead, we are to be consumed by God, having such a passion for Him because of His passion and compassion for us. That should lead us to pursue Him daily. Come what may, God keeps us safe every morning and all day. Nothing can consume us when God’s love for us is all-consuming.
That which you thought would consume you is consumed by God’s great love, and all that’s left is God’s consuming love for you.
