தியானம் - 2010
"AATHAVAN"
August 10, Monday, 2026
"Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fails for evermore?" (Psalm 77:7, 8)
In this world, a few questions we face often serve as the answers themselves. For instance, the question "Can a woman forget her sucking child?" inherently conveys the answer, "She will not forget." Similarly, today's meditation verse raises several questions, all of which yield positive answers.
When it asks, "Will the Lord cast off for ever?", it means He will not cast off. When it asks, "Will he be favourable no more?", it means He will not cease to show favour. When it asks, "Is his mercy clean gone for ever?", it means no, His mercy is not gone. And when it asks, "Doth his promise fail for evermore?", it implies that His promise will never fail.
In this manner, the questions we raise in life often become the very answers God gives us.
Yes, beloved ones, perhaps today we are undergoing various afflictions and lamenting, "Alas, has the Lord rejected me? Has He cast me off?" Or, at the peak of despair, we might think, "He will not answer my prayer." But today's meditation verse speaks to us: Be of good courage, the Lord will not cast anyone out. Did not our Lord Jesus Christ say:
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37)
When troubles press upon them, even great men of God sometimes lament, wondering if God has forsaken them. We read in the Bible how the prophet Jeremiah lamented in this way:
"I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forget prosperity. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:" (Lamentations 3:14–18)
Even though Jeremiah lamented thus, he knew for certainty—just as today's meditation verse tells us—that God would not cast him off. Therefore, he continues:
"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." (Lamentations 3:24–26)
Yes, beloved ones, it is good to hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Even if circumstances in life make it seem as though God has forsaken us, we must hold fast to this assurance: The Lord will not cast off forever; He will never cease to show us favour; His mercy will never be clean gone; and His promise will not fail for generations to come.
When problems, afflictions, and weariness arise, it is good for us to wait with hope. To impart courage to us, the Lord has recorded a precious promise in the Scriptures:
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
Let us wait upon the Lord; then, we shall behold His marvellous guidance in our lives.
✍️ Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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