FAITH CAPSULE: Know and be able to seek for God’s mercy.

Psalm 25

Mercy is attainable from God when we beg Him for it
Job was a man testified of by God as one who there is none like on the earth; a blameless and upright man; one who fears God and shuns evil (Job 1:9). It was this same man with such a testimony by God that found himself in a position of begging God for mercy when he stated, “For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge” (Job 9:15). Job’s merit before God was not automatic in obtaining God’s mercy. Job was in a needy situation with no choice to beg God for mercy. Begging for mercy is same as asking for mercy. The Psalmist stated, “Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death.” (Psalm 9:13). Mercy of God is obtainable when we ask according to the Word of God which commanded us to ask, seek and knock.
Mercy is attainable when we ask God for forgiveness
Word of God makes us to realize that every time a call on God to forgive is rendered mercy will respond on behalf of the one calling and asking for forgiveness. It is written, “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You” (Psalm 86:5). God is good and merciful; there is no iota of evil when He is responding to His children that ask for His forgiveness. Asking for forgiveness is a very sure way of obtaining mercy as it is obvious all through the pages of the Bible. It is written, “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confess and forsakes them will have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13). Mercy of God is all that it takes for man to live life to the glory of God.
Mercy is attainable when we devise good
Anyone that devises evil gets evil in return while ones that devises good gets good in return. Once Haman devised evil against the Jews but Esther, while responding to Mordecai’s guidance, got to the ground where she could counteract the devised evil of Haman. The Bible stated, “Now Esther spoke again to the king, fell down at his feet, and implored him with tears to counteract the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the scheme which he had devised against the Jews.” (Esther 8:3) Esther’s devised good and mercy answered on behalf of all her people (Jews). The Word of God is true as stated in Proverbs 14:22, “…but mercy and truth belong to those who devise good. With the understanding of the truth in the Word of God that mercy is obtainable from the throne of grace, it is worthy to actually know and be able to seek for God’s mercy so that the mercy of God will reign and rule in one’s life.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to walk worth for His mercy.