His Compassions Fail Not

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.

Lamentations 3:22 (NKJV)

The Gospel of Matthew gives us a good picture of how Jesus spent much of His time during His years of ministry. In chapter 15, verses 29-32, we read,

“Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel. Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.’”

We could go on to read how Jesus provided for them by feeding them with miracle food that He multiplied from very little. But today I want to stop here and focus on Jesus’s motivation for doing these things. He said, “I have compassion for these people.”

It's not a time issue. It's not a supply issue. It's not a logistics issue. It's not an issue of duty or demand. It’s a compassion issue. He really does have a heart for the people. And guess what? He has a heart for you as well.

The Lord really does care about what concerns us. His compassion is stirred by your plight today—and this compassion moves Him to action.

Be encouraged by the fact that because of the Lord’s mercies you will not be consumed, because He has compassion for you.