I will not fail you. That’s the second of 10 things I want to remember about God. He will not fail us.
Remember that wonderful Scripture in Lamentations 3:22? “Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.”
God’s compassions will never fail us. But what exactly did Jeremiah mean when He referred to God’s compassions.
The OT word for ‘compassions’ in this instance is racham. Racham means compassion. (In our English that is kindness, concern, care, consideration.)
Racham also refers to tender love, mercy, pity, and surprisingly something else. Racham refers to the womb as cherishing the fetus.
As the womb envelops, protects, nourishes, and treasures the fetus until the fullness of time for that child to be born, so God’s compassions envelop, protect, nourish and treasure us until the fullness of time when we will be brought into His presence.
He will not fail us. Amen