FAITH CAPSULE: Obtaining His mercy is in obeying His command.

Psalm 123

Obtaining the mercy of God dwells in obeying His command. However, lifting up our eyes to Him is obeying the command of God. Lifting up our eyes to God is a demonstration of having full confidence in the One and only true God. Our confidence is our faith in God. Faith is what pleases God and not fear. Lifting up our eyes is giving a jealous God the attention that it takes for Him to attend to us. The Psalmist stated, “Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He has mercy on us.” (Psalm 123:1-2) Emphasis for the request for mercy by the Psalmist is evidence of the reason for his dependency on God. Without doubt, by virtue of the consistency in the word of God, obtaining the mercy of God is not by our merit neither is it by accident. Exodus 20:6, “…but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.” It is clear that obtaining His mercy is in obeying His command. Every time we seek the face of God we are waiting on Him with the expectation that there is no any other one to depend on but Him. Isaiah 64:4, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.” God will act when we seek Him. Have you been looking to man to act on your behalf? God that is clothe with majesty and honor is the only God that is worthy to be looked up to. When we put our confidence in God it is saying that He is embracing us in the palm of His hands. The Psalmist must have been looking up to Him with understanding that God will look upon him when he stated, “Look upon me and be merciful to me, as Your custom is toward those who love Your name.” (Psalm 119:132) With our understanding of the above scriptural verses, it is safe to conclude that obtaining the mercy of God is maintaining our deliverance from every form of shame. Psalm 34:5, “They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.”It is never too late to start looking up to Him with understanding.

Prayer for today: Hear my Prayer, O Lord. Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble.