Great is Thy Faithfulness

 

 

I was randomly looking for Christian songs in Youtube when I found a song that speaks so much about the consistency and trustworthiness of God. From beginning to present and to the end, He is the same God who keeps His promises. He is a faithful God. Apparently this song was quite old already. Published in 1923, the song was written by Thomas Chisolm, a Christian who had a very difficult adult life because of his failing health. At age 27, he was able to find comfort in the scriptures that God is in fact faithful and that He provides all his needs and that He will be the strength in times of illness and weakness. One of his favorite scriptures is from Lamentations 3:22-23: “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.”

God was indeed faithful to him, he passed away at the age of 94, writing more than 1,200 poems and hymns during his lifetime. Let me share with you the song:

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Refrain:
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!

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 will be.

Refrain

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.

Refrain

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!

Great is Your faithfulness O Lord God Almighty. Keep us well and good with the blessing of a ripe old age. Amen.

(With facts from http://www.sharefaith.com, Great is Thy Faithfulness, The Song and the Story)

by aats