Hope you are all doing well.
In my previous post I mentioned to you how God had been speaking to me through
Micah 6:8 as to what He requires from us. We saw Part 1 which
describes what it means to Act Justly, today let us study what the second part means
2) HAVE MERCY –
According to Zech 7:9, "True justice
actually means to have mercy." Now let us see what mercy means.
Mercy means compassion, pity, forgiveness,
kindness, sympathy, understanding, benevolence.
To understand this better let us see what MERCY is not . The opposites of Mercy are Cruelty, unkindness, meanness, nastiness, brutality/malice, spite, vindictiveness, viciousness ruthlessness, heartlessness, harshness.
To understand this better let us see what MERCY is not . The opposites of Mercy are Cruelty, unkindness, meanness, nastiness, brutality/malice, spite, vindictiveness, viciousness ruthlessness, heartlessness, harshness.
The
above words are easily a clear description of the world we live in today. Tuning in to the
morning news would give you the visual imagery of the same.
Luke 6:36 “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful”
Lam 3:22-23
“The steadfast love of the Lord never
ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is
your faithfulness.”
Psalms
136:1-26 Repeatedly tells us from 1st verse till last verse : “O give
thanks to the Lord for His mercy endures forever.”
Mathew 5:7 “Blessed are the
merciful for they shall obtain mercy.”
Luke 6:36 “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful”
1 Pet 1:13 “Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born
again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead”
No matter how kind we
may be, living in this fallen world often fills us with spite due to bitter
experiences in our life, especially when the good we do is repaid by evil. Our
natural inclination is then to harden our heart and become harsh in our
dealings with those causing us pain. This will cause us to lose our sensitivity
to the still small voice of the Blessed
Holy Spirit who leads us into all righteousness empowering us to be Holy even
as our Father in Heaven is Holy. In fact Mercy is
actually a FRUIT of the SPIRIT.Mathew 9:13 “ Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
When tempted to justify our unkind actions and blame our hard heartedness on our compelling circumstances, let us remember Our Precious Lord Jesus lying bruised ,broken ,naked ,humiliated and alone on that Cross.
The ISV Bible says Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing."
Related post :PERSONALITY OF GOD - PART 4 HUMANITY
Heb 4:16 “Let us then with confidence draw near
to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in
time of need.”
Ephesians 2:4-7 “But God,
being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even
when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by
grace you have been saved – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in
the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show
the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Psalms 23 :6 “Surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord forever.
Click below and enjoy these catchy MERCY SONGs :
2) Some Mercy for ME ! Greater is the one Living inside of me
by MERCY ME -
Prayer : Lord fill us with your mercy. Help us to be merciful to ourselves and to others just as you are Perfect Father.Make us more like your Blessed Son Jesus. Holy Spirit empower us .-Amen
Hope you enjoyed this post. Next post we will examine part 3 in the series.
Have a blessed day!
Sparky Laurie
Related posts : PART 1 Act Justly ,
Part 3 Walk Humbly
