The title - Lamentations - suggests human sadness. There is, however, something else here - divine faithfulness. At the heart of this short book, we find this great declaration - ‘Great is thy faithfulness’ (3:23). Knowing God as the God of great faithfulness involves looking beyond our circumstances and our feelings. Israel’s circumstances were depressing. Jerusalem had fallen. The Temple had been destroyed. Depression seemed to be the mood of the moment. Humanly speaking, things did not look good. Israel had known better times. The Lord’s people had wandered from the Lord. The people of God knew little of the power of God . This was not, however, the whole story. The faithful God had not given up on his wayward people. He assured them that they would again have good reason to say - ‘Great is thy faithfulness.’
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This is the first post in a series on Lamentations.
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This is the first post in a series on Lamentations.
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