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Is God Still in the Building?

Certainly the faithful love of the LORD hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness. I think: The LORD is my portion! Therefore, I’ll wait for him.

—Lamentations 3:22-24

It’s a struggle sometimes to remember that God hasn’t left the building—that is, the building up of his people, the building of relationships, and the building of his church. He hasn’t left us, and yet we may try to seek him the same way we’d do a celebrity sighting, hoping to catch a glimpse of him when we least expect. The writer of this Scripture reminds us that God hasn’t quit, hasn’t walked away from his creation, and his acts of kindness aren’t done. He begins them anew every morning. Think of that! God rises with fresh thoughts of love, not tainted by yesterday, not carried on as leftovers, but new and fresh and ready to be delivered to his children.

What does it mean that the Lord is our portion? If my portion is God, that means he’s everything I get. He’s my whole, my life, my breath and spirit. If I recall every morning with the rising of the sun that he is there, ready to feed me and renew me and shower me with grace, then I receive the portion he meant for me to have.

Wait for God who renews you every morning with his love and compassion.

RENEWED FOR A PURPOSE

Lord, thank you for giving me your kindness and your goodness every single day in fresh and loving ways. Help me take your love with me wherever I go today. Amen.