Great is Thy faithfulness

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“Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
 
“Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”
  Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
    “Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
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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.
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Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
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Jun 1 2010
Kathryn C.

North Carolina, United States

This is one of my favorite hymns, and it seems over the last week that I have heard and/or read these lyrics A lOT! Sometimes I think that is God's way of reminding me of what's important, as me and my husband are faced with some life situations right now. The Lord has been our stronghold and I have smiled at each and every reminder from Him. :)

May 31 2010
Gbenga

Lagos, Nigeria

It makes me realise the awesoness of the Almighty. It makes me realise all the good things He has done for me. Remember some dark periods that I thought there would be no way but eventually God created a way.

May 25 2010
Azionu Judith

Enugu, Nigeria

This song strengthens my heart, assures me of whom I am, that God owns me, "O God My Father", highly personalised so I know it is talking about me. Gives me peace, rest and boosts my faith, I know how much I love my own so it makes me understand how much God loves me as His own. Nothing to worry about because all things are ready for me. PEACE.

Apr 19 2010
Fastone Sabwera

Blantyre, Malawi

Simply put, other people are faithful beyond doubt, but God Lord Almighty's faithfulness surpasses them all, It's kind of a song that lifts the Lord high, it is as good as saying" How great thou art!!

Mar 26 2010
Mark Simpson

Leyland, Lancashire, United Kingdom

We are so faithless, and our hearts are so changeable. This is such a good reminder of where true faithfulness is found: in the wonderful God who proved it by sending his Son to die for us while we were still sinners.

Jan 23 2010
Joel Y. Gang

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

This is my most favorite hymn. It reminds me of God's unfailing faithfulness in times of discouragements. It lifts up my spirit whenever I am down.

Jan 5 2010
Joel Paul Fredericks

Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

God cannot be matched in faithfulness! He is the reason we have faith in anything and everything, God is so good.

Oct 29 2009
Mathew Kipturgo

Thika, Kenya, Kenya

This song is a great blessing to me. It raises my energy levels while inducing an indescribable bliss. Have blissful time you all and be blessed.

Oct 28 2009
M.Grace Rodriguez

San Juan, M.M, Philippines

Whenever I sing this hymn, there's really inside of me worshipping and thanking Him of His faithfullness. Many times I may not be faithful but He remains faithful. Thank You and I worship You Abba Father for Your faithfulness. Amen.

Sep 20 2009
Rintu Rajan

Vadodara, India

One of my personal fave...

As mentioned before also this song really touches my heart and every time I hear this song or sing it I am overjoyed that I have such a great, almighty, faithful, everloving FATHER.

May the Lord help each one of us in the coming days to match His faithfulness......

Although we are unfaithful, God is faithful. Lamentations 3:23b says, "Great is Your faithfulness." The chorus of a well-known hymn on God's faithfulness (Hymns, #19) says, "'Great is Thy faithfulness!' 'Great is Thy faithfulness!' / Morning by morning new mercies I see; / All I have needed Thy hand has provided—/ 'Great is Thy faithfulness,' Lord, unto me!" We may understand what the Bible says and what this hymn says about God's faithfulness either in a natural way or in a spiritual way. When you sing this hymn, how do you understand the word faithfulness? If you understand God's faithfulness in a natural way, you may think that He is faithful primarily in the matter of material provisions or physical blessings. When some say that God is faithful, they mean that He is faithful to take care of their material needs. However, in 1 Corinthians 1:9 Paul says, "God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." God is faithful in this matter, but He may not be faithful to provide you a large house or a well-paying job. I would not deny the fact that God is faithful in caring for our welfare. My point is that God's faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding.

Consider the sufferings of the apostle Paul. He was called, commissioned, burdened, and sent by God, but wherever he went he had troubles. For example, as soon as he began to preach Christ, he began to suffer persecution. He even had to escape from Damascus by being lowered down the wall in a basket. Does this mean that God was not faithful to Paul? No, it means that God's faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding.

When we believed in the Lord Jesus, we might have expected to have peace and blessing. But instead we might have had many troubles and might have lost our security, our health, or our possessions. When some Christians experience such things, they may question God's faithfulness and ask why He did not prevent hardships from happening to them.

We need to realize that in allowing us to have troubles, God is faithful in His purpose to turn us from idols and bring us back to Himself. Our peace, safety, health, and possessions may become idols to us, and God is faithful to take these things away so that we may drink of Him as the fountain of living waters. If our house or our possessions become idols to us, we drink of them and not of God. God's faithfulness is a matter of dealing with these idols and causing us to drink of Him.

God is faithful in leading us into His economy, and His economy is for us to drink Christ, to eat Christ, to enjoy Christ, to absorb Christ, and to assimilate Christ that God may have His increase with us to fulfill His economy. This is God's faithfulness.

Instead of drinking of God as the fountain of living waters, Israel drank of their idols. Therefore, God used the Babylonians to deal with these idols and also to destroy Jerusalem and even the temple, which had become an idol to them. We need to see that we are not better than Israel. Anything can become an idol to us. But God is faithful in fulfilling His economy. In His faithfulness He deals with our idols that we may drink of Him. We all need to drink of God as the fountain of living waters, receiving Christ into us and assimilating Him, so that He may increase for the fulfillment of God's economy to have His expression through His counterpart.

Whereas God is faithful, we are neither faithful nor chaste but go to many other husbands. After failing God, we may receive some mercy and grace and therefore repent and weep, saying, "How pitiful I am! For a long time I have not loved the Lord very much, and I have not attended the meetings." While we are repenting and weeping, God is rejoicing. However, if we repent and weep too much, even our repentance may become an idol. We may testify in a meeting, saying that we have thoroughly repented to God. But this may be a matter of self-boasting and be a self-made idol. Therefore, after repenting, we should begin to drink of the living waters, praising God, giving thanks to Him for everything, and enjoying Him. This is what God wants. God is not interested in anything other than our enjoyment of Christ.

Jeremiah's speaking in Lamentations 3:22-26 is another pattern of prophesying: "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 Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." Jeremiah told us that it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. This is not foretelling but blessing, well-speaking. He told us that the mercies, the compassions, of the Lord are new every morning. We need to learn to prophesy in this way. Jeremiah told the Lord, "Great is thy faithfulness." There is a well-known hymn based upon this verse (Hymns, #19). Jeremiah also said that the Lord was his portion. It is marvelous that there was a prophet in the Old Testament who knew that the Lord was his portion. When we tell others that the Lord is our portion, we are speaking the Lord to them.

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Worship of the Father
His Faithfulness
Thomas Obediah Chisholm (1866-1960)
William Marion Runyan (1870-1957)
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11.10.11.10. with chorus.
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