UNDERSTANDING THE MERCY OF THE LORD

JUST THINKING:

We talk about the mercy/mercies of the lord daily but many of us do not really know what it is and what it is meant for. Many people have defined it based on their head knowledge of it, through the dictionary and through their personal revelation of it. To define something outwardly may not give you the correct definition of it. Let the scriptures define scriptures and let it reveal to us what the mercy of God is and what it does.

 1. Lamentation 3:22 says, “Through the Lords mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not”.

In the above scripture, it is stated that we are not consumed because of the mercies of the lord. We wake up daily, go out and come back in one peace without any hurts. The things that could have consumed us did not come our way. Despite the overwhelming challenges we are faced with and the situations that seem impossible, we were not destroyed, consumed and conquered. 

2. Hebrews 4:16 says, “Let us, therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need”.

In the above scripture, the mercy of the lord can be seen contextually in the time of need. It speaks of obtaining mercy in the time of need, help, weakness and vulnerability. Also, it can be seen that mercy stands and speaks on our behalf. Instead of Judgment as a result of the wrong things we have done, the mercy of the Lord stood in our place.

3. Ezra 9: 9 says “ For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem”.

The above scripture says that the mercy of the Lord revives, repairs, rebuilds, restores and protects. This shows that no matter how far a person has gone from God, he can be restored. No matter what you have done, God can still change you. His mercy will find you, revive, rebuild, and repair you since you are supposed to be the temple of God. The mercy of the lord also builds a wall in and around you. In other words, it protects.

With the above scriptures, one can understand what the mercy of the lord is and what it does.