Faithfulness 

 I remember last summer in the field opposite our home, the combine harvester coming right up to the roadside just a few yards away from us, to bring in the harvest. It is quite some picture as you can see above. Well, again this year we have just had the harvest brought in and we have experienced exactly the same scene.
 
Now, to some it may seem to be something that just happens year on year, but I took a few moments watching and enjoying the picture before me once again. This time however, it really spoke to me about God’s faithfulness and I was reminded of the old hymn, “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father”. I know many of you will know the hymn and the verse that reads:
 
“Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
join with all nature, in manifold witness
to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love”.
 
So, standing there I was reassured and reminded once again just how faithful is our God.
 
Thomas Chisholm, who wrote the lyrics for this hymn back in 1923, based it on Lamentations 3:22-23 which says, “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning: great if Your faithfulness.”
 
Year after year there is the harvest, year after year and minute after minute we have a God who is ever faithful.
 
Let’s pray and give thanks …….