Everyday Renewal

Tuesday 10 November
READ: Lam 3: 22 – 23
MORE LESSON: Rom 12:1-2

Every man desires new things in life. Even God is a God of new things. God is not static in any way; nothing He created is static; the heavens, the earth, the sun and the stars are all moving. You also need to move. Lam 3; 22 – 23 shows us an important attribute of God. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. It then goes ahead to explain why the compassions of God have not failed: it is because they are new every morning (verse 23). So the reason why God's attributes have not failed is because they are renewed every morning. God's mercy is renewed every day; it is not the one He showed yesterday that He is showing today. Even if you spent His mercies yesterday, there is more this morning. No wonder it doesn't finish; He renews it.

This shows you a secret that if you must not fail like God's mercies and compassions don't, you must also be renewed every morning. No believer can be sustained living on yesterday's grace. If God constantly renews Himself every day, no man can afford to be on the same level relying on the previous graces he has accessed. We thank God for all the prayers, fastings, seeds sown and love you demonstrated for God in 'those good old days' but the question is, “What new things are you doing for God today?” You need a renewal; you need fresh fire and passion for God.

Another scripture that shows that God believes in daily newness is Psa. 68:19, Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. God does not allow you to live on yesterday's supply, He gives a new supply for each day. This is the reason a man who serves God can never be static and stagnant: there is a daily fresh supply of grace, provisions, strength, direction and whatever you need. We thereby can see that, whether in the spiritual or the physical, God wants you to be renewed daily. He wants to bless you with all-round benefits not just occasionally but daily. Today, God wants to give you fresh grace and fire. As you create time to wait upon Him, you will be renewed as shown in the Scripture that those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint: Isa. 40:31-41:1 (NKJV). You will be renewed today and you will not faint or fail, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for grace never to be static in your Christian journey.
* Pray for courage to confront your weaknesses and deal with them.
* Ask God for a higher ground than you have found today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
In going out and coming in this month, I shall not walk at the wrong time and evil shall be far from me, in the name of Jesus.