Thread by @BMLESQ

As I read Psalm 136 tonight, I was reminded that God’s everlasting mercy isn’t just a repeated theme in this Psalm.
It is a repeated theme through the entirety of Psalms and the Old Testament more broadly.

The Hebrew word used in Psalm 136 is “ḥas·dōw” (חַסְדּ֗וֹ).
It occurs 58 times in the OT—first in Genesis & lastly in Jeremiah.
It occurs in 11 different Psalms & 10 OT different books.
It is sometimes translated in the King James as mercy, lovingkindness, kindness, or goodness.

With only a couple exceptions, it is always attached to the personal possessive for Almighty God (i.e., his mercy) *and* connected to His eternality and immutability (i.e., his mercy endureth forever).

God does not want His people to forget that His mercy was there yesterday, is here today, and will be there tomorrow—no matter what.

Priests, prophets, judges, and kings all came-and-went.
The people cyclically obeyed, disobeyed, were judged, and repented.
And God’s mercy was always there.
All. The. Time.

If you worship and serve this same Jehovah God, friend, you can claim this same promise.
If you’re His child, then today, tomorrow, and forever, His mercy will endure and extend to you. Yes, you!!!

Were you an absolute jerk to someone? His goodness endures forever!
Don’t feel very worthy today? His kindness endures forever!
Recently fail as a parent or spouse or friend? His lovingkindness endures forever!
Really—I mean REALLY—blow it today? His mercy endures forever!

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