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MERCY IN GOD’S WORD
LORD’S DAY, FEBRUARY 11
Psalm 119:76-77
Hebrews 8:10-13
“For I will be merciful to
their unrighteousness…”
MERCY IN GOD’S WORD
Mercy is always associated with the idea that man deserves God’s just punishment because of his sins, yet God withholds such wrath and instead sent His only begotten Son of God to live and die for us, to rise again, and who promised to return for us. While this is apparent in the use of the word “mercy,” the psalmist wants to indicate the Lord’s compassion and kindness expressed towards him. These are not material or emotional expressions but practical and experiential expressions.
Thy merciful kindness be for my comfort: The Lord’s good deed towards the psalmist is His comfort. There are consolations upon the psalmist’s heart as he prays for the Lord’s merciful kindness to be applied to his life. He is well aware he is just a servant. But before the throne of the most High God whose words are full of mercy, he is reassured. He comes before the throne with nothing to convince the Lord to earn his favour. Yet, our God is mercifully kind to all, especially to all whom He has redeemed as His own.
Thy tender mercies come unto me: The psalmist continues to pray for God’s tender mercies to come unto him that he may live. This is the Lord’s compassion towards him, an act of God typified by a mother’s womb nourishing a foetus. This baby cannot do anything for himself. He is not even aware of where he is and what is happening to him. He just keeps on receiving all the nutrients from the mother, by whom he is sustained. He enjoys the best protection and provision inside the mother’s womb. This is the wonderful picture of the psalmist’s desire for the Lord’s tender mercies that he may live. Such is his delight in God’s compassion.
Is God’s Word a comfort to us? What a rejoicing it will be for a soul who is kept in the Lord Himself. From the lowest echelon of society as a bondservant to the highest position in this present hierarchy, comfort from the Lord is most coveted.
Dear reader, have you found comfort in God’s Word? Is your daily spiritual need fully supplied by it?
THOUGHT: Am I comforted by the Word of God?
PRAYER: Father, may I be comforted by Thy Word.