TODAY’S WORD FOR MONDAY JUNE 1, 2015.
MERCY
Forgiveness; compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward a defender. An act of kindness or favor.
And loving kindness is Yours, O Lord, for You recompense a man according to his work. Psalm 62: 12.
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all who call upon You. Psalm 86:5.
It is recorded in the Old Testament (Exodus 34:6-7) when God came to Mount Sinai to give to Moses the writing on two stone tablets that God proclaimed who He was to Moses: “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished”.
God proclaimed to Moses that He was a God of mercy. God has not changed since that day when Moses met God on the mount. Mercy was part of God’s character when He was with Moses. And His mercy is available to you and I today.
Let us begin this devotional by looking at how the mercy of God is described in the scriptures: In Psalm 86:5 we are told that His mercy is abundant. So there is plenty of mercy available to all, even the worst of sinners. In both Psalms 106:1 and 107:1 we are told that God’s mercy is everlasting. Although this was expressing God’s mercy for Israel, the same mercy is offered to us today.
In Psalm 119:64 we are told that the world is full of His mercy. His mercy is everywhere. Isaiah 54:7 tells us that His mercy is great and in Lamentations 3:22-23 we are told that His mercy is new every morning. God’s mercy for us is rich, sure and tender.
The scriptures also tell us how God manifested His mercy to us. First of all, and most important, is what God did for us in sending His Son to this earth to die on the cross and pay the penalty for all of our sins. Can you think of any greater mercy?
We deserve to die but God in His mercy has offered us mercy and the gift of eternal life. A good definition of mercy is “not getting what we deserve.”
God also manifests His mercy today to those who we may call backsliders. He is willing to welcome anyone back into the fold. What great mercy. He offers His mercy to repentant sinners. This includes not only backsliders mentioned above, but even those who once rejected Him. He offers His mercy with everlasting kindness --- not just for today, for a month but for everlasting.
What a great God we serve. We need to pray daily for His mercy to surround us as a child of His. We must seek His mercy for others and rejoice in the mercy that we experience through Him.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Psalm 31:7.
I will rejoice and be glad in Your loving kindness, because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul.
Thank You for Your love and mercy that has freed us from the penalty of the sin we deserve and for giving us eternal life. Your loving kindness is overwhelming. Make my life today an example that You can use to communicate to others the wonderful joy in my heart that I have because of all You have done for me according to Your great mercy.
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