FAITH CAPSULE: God is the only God that is mercy-full.

Psalm 116

Mercy belongs to God.The Mercy of God is the love of God. 
The mercy of God can answer to one in an unexpected or unmerited way.
Among possible ways to attain God’s mercy:
Mercy is attainable when one asks or plead before God for His mercy.
Job, a man God declared as none like him on the earth; a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil found himself in a position to plead for God’s mercy when he said, “For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge” (Job 9:15). Despite God’s testimony of Job did not excuse Job to receive the mercy of God without pleading for His mercy. 
Just like Job, pleading for the mercy of God, Psalmist did the same saying, “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). 
Sometimes, there is a need to ask for God’s mercy to receive from God.
The mercy of God is attainable when one trust God 
The Psalmist declared, “But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (Psalm 13:5). Trusting God to meet our needs is a way of living by God’s word, looking up to God. Praising Him or thanking Him will provoke God’s mercy in one’s life. One that looks up to God, keeping eyes on Him provoke His mercy. The Psalmist buttresses, “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 123:2).
Just as looking up to Him is trusting in Him, so is lifting our voices in crying to Him for His mercy. Luke 17:13 records, “And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” God is merciful and never runs out of mercy.
Mercy is attainable when one asks God for forgiveness
Sin activity that calls to God for forgiveness will receive God’s mercy in return. 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 that can deny God’s mercy on one that calls on God. Asking for forgiveness is a very sure way of obtaining mercy as it is obvious all through the pages of the Bible. The Bible encourages, “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsake them will have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13). 
God is merciful to respond with mercy for one that pleads for God’s mercy, for one that trusts God and one that knows to ask for forgiveness will receive God’s mercy to live life for God’s glory.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will live life to attain God’s mercy.