God Has Compassion For You!
Isaiah 54:10 “For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
We received this scripture verse at the Watchmen Prayer Group that I go to on Wednesday mornings. It is at 6:30, and it lasts about half an hour. If you are up early in the morning and would like to start your day off praising the Lord and hearing what He has to tell us for the day, then let me know, and I can add you to the email list. It is a Zoom meeting, so no matter where you are, you can attend. Although if you are not in the Eastern time zone, it might be a bit too early. We do record it, though, so if it is too early, you could always get on the email list and then listen to the recording. I am telling you that it is a wonderful way to start your day.
Now back to the scripture. It begins with, “For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love will not depart from you.” There are a couple of nice things about that part. First, I think we all have some mountains that we wish would depart from our lives. Sure, we love it when we are on the mountain top. We love the high we get when we make it to the top of the mountain, and we can see all the land. We can see the sun rise or the sun set. We can see the valley, and we might even be able to understand a bit more about the valley when we are on the mountain top. However, wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t have to climb that mountain? I guess that is a good question. Would we wish away the mountain if it meant we didn’t have our mountain top moment?
As I was writing that last part, I felt the Holy Spirit stir inside of me. I felt like He prompted that last question. As I was writing about the experience at the top of the mountain, I realized that if we wished our mountains away, we wouldn’t get all the comes along with making it to the top of a mountain. There is so much that we gain from going through hard times. We gain perspective. We gain wisdom and knowledge. We gain perseverance and resilience. We learn so much about ourselves. We also learn so much about God if we are looking. I look back at all the really hard times that I have had, and I don’t think I would wish them away. They made me who I am today.
I have so much compassion for others because I received so much compassion when I needed it most. I do not judge people because I know what it is like to walk through hard times. I know what it is like to be doing your absolute best and still have children who act out. I know what it is like to try so hard to save your marriage and yet nothing works. I have been to enough events where other people share their stories to know that no matter what we look like on the outside, we are all going through something hard. We all have things in our lives that are hurting us. We all have thoughts in our heads that tell us we are not enough or we are not loved. We all have something that we are struggling with. I am a better person because of all the hard times I have been through.
What is great about this verse is that it says, even if our mountains do depart and the hills disappear, God’s steadfast love will not depart from you. This is amazing because if God is telling us that His steadfast love will not depart from us, then that means we have His steadfast love. This may seem like an obvious statement, and yet I am not sure we all knew this already. Did you know that God’s steadfast love is ALWAYS with you? Do you know what steadfast means? According to the internet, it means firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. It also means fixed or unchanging, and can also refer to fixed or unmovable. This is pretty awesome. Have you ever thought of God’s love that way? I hope you have, but I am guessing most of us haven’t.
I am not sure most of us spend much time thinking of God’s love at all. We probably spend most of our time thinking we are not worthy of God’s love. We listen to the lies our brain tells us about how we are sinners, and we aren’t worthy of God’s love. We have done so many terrible things in our lives that there is no way God could love us. We will be the first to tell others that God loves them no matter what, and yet we feel like we are the exception. God’s love just doesn’t extend to us. We are wrong.
Yes, we are sinners; that is not a lie. We all do things we aren’t proud of, and we all do things that aren’t in line with what God wants from us. And God loves us anyway. Just as our parents love us even though we mess up. Actually, not just like our parents because our parents’ love is flawed. We live in a broken world, and so even though we are all doing the best we can, we all fall short. However, God’s love is perfect. It is 100 % uncondiltional. We can mess up in the worst way, and He will still love us.
Let’s review that definition again. Steadfast love means firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. Constant and unswerving, did you hear that? That confirms just as the verse said, that God’s love never leaves us. It is constant. No matter what you have done, it is still there. You wake up with loads of regret over your drunken night last night, and God’s love is still there. You let down your loved ones, and you have no idea how to make it right. God’s love is still there. You cheat on your spouse, God’s love is still there. You fight with your kids, God’s love is still there. You disobey your parents, but God’s love is still there. You murder someone, God loves is still there. It is always there.
Steadfast love also means fixed or unchanging, and can also refer to fixed or unmovable. It is fixed or unchanging. Do you realize what this means? It means God’s love never changes. Not only does it never leave us, but it never changes. That means God doesn’t love us a lot when we are doing something good and loves us just a little when we mess up. He loves us for exactly who we are 100% of the time. We have all His love all the time. He loved us before we were even born, and the level of that love has never changed. It’s always there, it’s always full. It’s always amazing.
The verse ends with, “and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” This is something that I feel I could talk forever about. Yet this episode is already getting a bit long. However, I didn’t want to not address it as I don’t think many of us know this. God’s covenant of peace shall not be removed. Did you know God made a covenant of peace with us? Did you know you have a covenant of peace with the Lord? You may wonder how this could be when you are so anxious or worried all the time. This is not the life God has planned for you. He does not want you to be worried and anxious all the time.
God tells us over and over again in the Bible to have no fear. He tells us He is our protector and our provider. Sometimes we can block that peace when we forget to turn to the Lord. Or when we focus so much on how big our problem is that we forget how big our God is. If we want the peace God has for us, then all we have to do is look for it. This verse said that his covenant of peace never leaves. It’s always there; we just forget sometimes. Or, we just can’t see it. If we look for peace, we will find it.
The very last thing the verse says is that the Lord has compassion for us. It is important that each one of us hears that. God has compassion for you. He is not judging you. He is not just waiting for you to screw up. He is not expecting you to screw up. He is not just waiting to punish you. God is rooting for you. He is on your side. He has compassion for you. He sees you. He sees you doing all you can to change. He knows your heart. He knows you. He sees you in ways you don’t see. Here me when I say, “God has compassion for you! He has a covenant of peace and steadfast love for you! He is rooting for you, and He is on your side!”
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless each person listening to this episode. Lord, we want to experience your steadfast love. Please help us. Please help heal and renew our hearts so we can accept the love and peace that you have for us. If there is anything we are doing to block that love or peace, please help us to realize it and to stop doing it. Help us to understand that you are for us, you are rooting for us, and you love us. We ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus’s holy name, Amen.
Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. If you’re ready to stop living your faith cautiously and start walking boldly with Jesus, I want to invite you into my Christian mentoring community. This is a space for women who love God but feel stuck, unsure, or tired of repeating the same patterns. Together we grow in confidence, learn to hear God’s voice, build strong spiritual habits, and step into who we truly are in Christ. If you’re ready to renew your faith and live with boldness through the power of the Holy Spirit, I’d love to walk with you. There is a link for mentoring in the show notes. I look forward to meeting with you again tomorrow. Remember, Jesus loves you just asyou are, and so do I! God is on your side, and we are both rooting for you, always! Have a blessed day!
Today’s Word from the Lord was received in September 2025 by a member of my Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group. If you have any questions about the prayer group, these words, or how to join us for a meeting, please email CatholicCharismaticPrayerGroup@gmail.com. Today’s Word from the Lord is, “I have an image of the walls of Jericho, showing how the army marched around the walls of Jericho. And the Lord is saying, “You are the army that will walk around the walls of Jericho and break them down, and the enemy will be defeated. It is through prayer, through love. Because remember, I am love.”
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