Lamentations 3:23 on God's faithfulness?
What does Lamentations 3:23 reveal about God's faithfulness and character?

Verse Text

“​They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:23)


Setting the Scene

• Lamentations was written in the rubble of Jerusalem after its fall (586 BC).

• Chapter 3 shifts from national devastation to a personal testimony of hope.

• Verses 22–23 form the hinge: God’s mercies stop judgment from being total.


Key Words and Phrases

• “new every morning” – mercy refreshed daily, never a leftover supply.

• “great” – abundant, immeasurable, incapable of failure.

• “faithfulness” – Hebrew ʼemûnâh: firmness, reliability, covenant loyalty.


What It Reveals About God’s Faithfulness

• Unfailing Supply: His mercies “never fail” (v. 22) and arrive with every dawn.

• Covenant Loyalty: Even in judgment, He keeps His promises (Deuteronomy 7:9).

• Consistency Over Circumstance: Disaster cannot cancel His faithfulness (Malachi 3:6).

• Personal and National: The lone sufferer and the shattered nation both receive new mercies.

• Hope-Producing: Because He is faithful, “I will hope in Him” (Lamentations 3:24).


What It Reveals About God’s Character

• Compassionate: “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious” (Exodus 34:6).

• Steadfast Lover: “Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens” (Psalm 36:5).

• Truthful and Unchanging: “God is not a man, that He should lie” (Numbers 23:19).

• Dependable Father: “Every good and perfect gift is from above… with whom there is no variation” (James 1:17).

• Faithful Even When We Falter: “If we are faithless, He remains faithful” (2 Timothy 2:13).


Daily Implications for Believers

• Expect fresh mercy each sunrise—yesterday’s failures meet today’s forgiveness.

• Anchor hope, not in feelings or circumstances, but in God’s proven reliability.

• Approach each day confident that God has already provided grace sufficient for it.

• Reflect His faithfulness by keeping commitments and speaking truth.

• Worship Him for His unchanging nature, especially when life feels unstable.


Additional Scripture Echoes

Psalm 92:1-2 – “to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night.”

Isaiah 33:2 – “Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.”

Hebrews 10:23 – “Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.”


Summary Thought

Lamentations 3:23 lifts our eyes from ruins to the rising sun, assuring us that God’s mercy clocks in with every dawn and His faithfulness towers over every sorrow.

How can we daily recognize God's 'new every morning' mercies in our lives?
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