FAITH CAPSULE: Live life by His word to provoke His mercy over your life.
Genesis 39
The mercy of God is no man’s merit but the goodness of God.
God cannot be intimidated or manipulated by any of His creation for the release of His mercy.
God declared and was testified of in Romans 9:14-16, “…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion. So, then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.”
In this wicked world, understand and know to live life to attain the mercy of God as the Bible records His word.
As much as God alone can have mercy on who He will have mercy on, one that lives by His command is always in a position to provoke God’s mercy over one’s life undeniably.
AMONG WAYS OF PROVOKING GOD TO OBTAIN HIS MERCY ARE:
The mercy of God is attainable when the life of one aligns with the word of God
One that lives life according to the word of God will always receive the mercy of God. Joseph’s life was the evidence of one that lived according to the word of God, the will of God. Every time there was an incident that could tempt him to violate the word of God, he did not give himself to the temptation to fail before God (Genesis 39:7-15). In one instance, he denied the offer to sleep with his master’s wife by claiming, “…How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9) Joseph’s reaction to his master’s wife provoked God’s mercy for Joseph. The Bible mentions, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor…” (Genesis 39:21).
The mercy of God is attainable when one loves God
One with the love for God will always provoke the mercy of God. The Bible makes us realize that loving God is keeping His commandments (John 14:15). To love God is to fear God.
The story of Joseph points out that Joseph kept God’s commandment by forbidding adultery when he fled away from sleeping with his master’s wife. Joseph loved God to obtain the mercy of God.
The mercy of God is obtainable according to what is sown
It is a wise saying that, “whatever a man sow is what a man will reap”
For example, as close as banana and plantain look alike, it is not possible to sow banana and reap plantain or to sow orange and reap tangerine as look-alike they appear.
What are you sowing to reap?
Hosea 10:12 buttressed the word of God, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy.”
Become one merciful to experience God’s mercy just as the word of God speaks to all, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” (Matthew 5:7)
Be merciful to attain God’s mercy over your life.
Give self to God’s word, to gain His presence.
Prayer for today: Ask Him to enable you to live life by His word.