FAITH CAPSULE: The mercy of God is the eye of God and the eye of God is His mercy.
Exodus 2, 3
It is written, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.” (Luke 1:50) The book of Psalm 33:18 also states the same as Luke 1:50, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy. The point here is that, the mercy of God is the eye of God and the eye of God is His mercy.
Do you fear Him enough to know that His mercy is upon you? To fear God is the evidence of knowing Him. To fear God is all that it takes to trust and hope in Him. Where have you placed your hope? If you have placed your hope on any man or anything rather than the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, you are far from rest. You might be enjoying rest or breakthrough, but it will not last unless it is from the Everlasting God. The mercy of God (His eye) is what we need to look up to. You do not look up to Him with words that do not have their roots in your heart. He sees our heart and not our outer self which only matters to those around us. Our outer self will not affect how He responds to us. The eye of the Lord is open round the clock. He sees all that we are doing and He never runs out of mercy because He is a merciful God. God deals with us not by our merit but by His mercy.
Encased in the mercy of God is His favor. To man that looks up to Him He will always to look down to remember and favor man. It does not matter how long or how short challenges persist; when one truly look up to God, God will look down to acknowledge one. The bible recorded, “Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.” (Exodus 2:23-25) The Children of Israel cried and groaned to God because of their affliction. In response, God heard them; God remembered and He looked to acknowledge them. In looking at them, He promised to give them favor in the sight of the Egyptians. It was favor that was to disallow them from going empty handed but to go fully loaded. It was a favor to plunder the Egyptians. (Exodus 3:21-23) His mercy is indeed in His look (eye)
Prayer for today: Ask God to remember you with favor in the coming days, weeks, months and years.