Psalm 65:11-13 ‘Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.’
DAILY READING; • Acts 1; Deuteronomy 11-12; Job 9
In 1923 two pastors who chose to judge God faithful despite their trials were divinely brought together to present to the world the hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”.
It would become one of the most beloved songs of all times.
The writer of the hymn was Thomas Chisholm and the music was composed by William M. Runyan.
Before the song, Thomas Chisholm and William M. Runyan had never met yet they had suffered personal tragedies that felt remarkably similar. Chisholm was a Methodist pastor, whose health problems forced him to resign and do other less tasking jobs to support his family. Despite his condition, he judged God faithful and wrote the poem, ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’.
William Runyan was also a Methodist minister and traveling evangelist. But after years of service, he began to gradually lose his voice and could no longer preach as he used to. Runyan didn’t complain but praised God in his situation and started work on a hymnal project to promote Gospel songs.
This project caught the attention of Chisholm who then mailed his poems to Runyan.
Runyan loved the poem ‘Great is Thy faithfulness’ and soon composed a befitting music for it.
When the song was presented to the public it became instantly loved. Chisholm and Runyan indeed saw God’s faithfulness as their song would make them famous and cause them to be celebrated for generations to come.
Jeremiah was known as the “weeping prophet” for his deep and abiding passion for his people and their city. In Lamentations 3:19–24, he grieves over Babylon’s destruction of Jerusalem, but concludes with a hymn of praise.
He says in Lamentations 3;21-22] ‘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.’
The truth is that no matter what we may have faced this year, God has been faithful and it is only by His mercies that we have not been consumed. .
As we arrive finally at the last month of the year today, it is a good time to look back to count our blessings and recount the faithfulness of God. Indeed God has been good.
Despite all the challenges and peculiar problems of this year; here we are today, seeing the last month of this year. God fought our hidden battles against known and unknown enemies. Time and time again the Blood of Jesus kept speaking ‘Passover’ to the evil arrows sent against our health, finances, family, relationships etc.
Therefore on this first day of December, it is time to deliberately give God worthy praise. We stepped out unsure of what the year held, but by trusting in the Lord, He is bringing us to a flourishing end.
According to Psalm 65:11-13, God crowns the year with His goodness. Therefore in this last month of ‘Deckember” let us expect to be decked with new colors. Because better is the end of a matter than the beginning thereof, it is our season to see beauty in the place of ashes. Surely, every mourning shall be turned into dancing and every spirit of heaviness replaced with the garment of praise.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your great and amazing doings in my life this year. You are indeed good and faithful! And as I praise You today, I know You are set to do yet more amazing things in my life in this crowning month of the year in Jesus Name. ..
QUOTE
Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. – WORDBITE 222..
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