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21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

It behoves a man to think on the things of God. His mental state will be much improved and fortified as he dwells upon the Lord and His faithfulness. God has never failed and never will. He has never abandoned His Children in any way or at any time. Whe we fail and go far astray in sin and God's wrath should justifiably be turned toward our destruction, and consume us, yet His mercy is great and He is compassionate. His Compassions fail not.
Not only do they not fail, they do not grow old. Yesterday's compassion does not work for today. New sin steps in, new rebellion, new faltering in our walk; for we are not yet perfect. We are still very human and the old nature reasserts itself with distressing regularity. When we would give up and hide away from God, His mercy comes edging into our heart reminding us that nothing can separate us from the love of God. He renews his mercy again and again with out fail. Great is His faithfulness. New grace for each new day, hour, minute, situation, temptation, or trial, is renewed and continually extended toward the saint, waiting for us to apprehend it at the Throne of Grace, through prayer, confession and repentance. Yet when we tarry and do not go immediately to the Throne of Grace, still His mercy is there tempered also by His longsuffering. He waits while we go through each storm until we realize the only source of peace is in Him alone. Then we cry out to Him and he is there. Psalm 107 repeats this theme several times in cycles.
The Lord is my portion. He is all-satisfying, and as we learn more of Him we begin to find greater and greater pleasure, and more importantly, satisfaction in Him as opposed to worldly sources. Satis faction is important. Contentedness, with Godliness, is great gain. Satisfaction and contentedness relieve the most part of our lack of peace. Longing for worldly things creates unrest that eats away at our peace and joy, leaving a bitter shell behind. Longing only for God and the things of righteousness leaves a sweet yearning for His presence, but no bitterness, envy, or disappointment. Therefore, we can look to Him in hope, knowing that he will ultimately satisfy our every desire in Himself. He is faithful to the promises that He has made in His Word.
The Lord is good. He gives us good things, continually pouring out blessing upon blessing as we march through this life. All good things come down from Him. He pours out many blessing on the just and unjust alike. He does not do us as we have done Him. He does not give us what we deserve, but instead gives us thing according to His riches in Glory and reserves for the Saints a dwelling place in His Heaven. God's saints get what we don't deserve, at a price we did not have to pay, which we never could have at our own expense.
The Lord is good to them that wait for him and the soul that seeks Him out. God wants our attention. He is central to all the universe and is the One alone in whom we can find fulfillment. Those that seek Him out find that He is good beyond anything this earth has to offer. Taste the Lord and see that He is Good. God is the most precious, highest, most holy, most powerful, awesome, Omniscient, perfect, being in the universe. It is not conceit for Him to want our attention. It is part of His Love that He wants us to experience Him and have the joy that only He could give.
In light of all this, it is good that we look unto God, the Author and Finisher of Our Faith, to gain hope in troubled times and to find the strength we need to endure. His faithfulness is sure. His mercies are renewed daily, continually. He gives us good things. Beyond that, and best of all, the end of all the saints in this world, means the beginning of Heaven. While we struggle with life and the events and trouble here, we can wait for and look forward to that ultimate end of Salvation; eternal in Heaven with Him.
In our days here we must run patiently the race that is set before us. Let us bear whatever yoke is set upon us in these days, knowing that God is good and that all things work together for good to them that love Him, to those who are the called according to His purpose. The future is bright, and God is still in control. His mercy and Love are good forever.