The assurance of eternal life with the Father in heaven belongs
to every true believer in Jesus Christ. Yours only because of the abundant
mercy by which GOD sacrificed His Son for you. (1 Peter 1:3.) None of us
have to look too far back to be reminded that we could have been lost forever but
for God’s mercy.
Yet over time, we can allow this divine characteristic of the Father
to be overlooked amidst our daily doings and routines. We think little about
the mercy that wakes us up every morning and gets us through each day; even
less so when all is well in our world.
Do you know first of all that the thing we take so much for
granted GOD does to us with great delight? He does not retain His anger
forever, Because He delights in mercy. Micah 7:8
Does it not give you great peace to know that His mercy is never
in short supply and the source will never run dry?
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and
abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.; the mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting to everlasting… Psalm 86:5; Psalm 103:17
And how does it make you feel to know that when you are most
deserving of His wrath His mercy is of the gentlest and at its very finest?
Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring
from on high has visited us… To guide our feet into the way of peace.; God, who
is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in
transgressions… Luke 1:78-79; Ephesians 2:4-5
What friend or family member, how every much loved can be
your constant, faithful companion 24 x 7, expecting nothing in return? God’s mercy
is.
Mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; Psalm
23:6
And most of all do you understand that GOD’s mercy is selective – that by His Sovereignty alone He chooses who gets it?
Think about
it!!
“I will…be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will
show mercy on whom I will show mercy.” Exodus 33:19.
Aren’t these characteristics of GOD’s mercy worth daily
contemplation so we can say along with the Psalmist, “I will sing aloud of
Thy mercy” (59:16), and do just that?
Let us not forget, however, that GOD doesn’t need our
approval of His actions, He isn’t any less GOD if we do or we don’t. GOD is
complete in Himself; He needs nothing outside Himself. The joy He derives from
His actions towards us are for His pleasure and glory alone.
We, on the other hand, should be honored that we get to
share in it.
After all, what is the chief end of man?
To glorify GOD, and to enjoy Him forever!
Prayer: Our Father in heaven, forgive us for our
arrogance in taking any aspect of Your divinity for granted. “Thine, O LORD, is
the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty:
for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom,
O LORD and thou art exalted as head above all! May Your Name forever be
praised, In Jesus Name.
