His Mercy endures forever?..Letter to my friends
My season of His enduring mercy. July-August 2012
God has been good to us. His mercies endure forever. According to Plasm 136 we can see expressions of God's mercies in parts.
1. His creative powers...verses 4-9
2. His deliverance powers...verses 10-12
3. His victorious powers...verses 13-24
4. His miraculous powers....verse 13-16
5. His provision powers...verse 25
All the above has to do with Him only and with His mercies. Romans 9:16 says not of him who wills or of him who runs but of Him who shows mercy. There is no human effort that could match the above. If not for him, we would have been consumed. The Bible says "I returned and saw under the sun that The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11 NKJV)...The Creator is in control of time here and gives us chance, because he works all things for our good. Romans 8:28.
Within his creative powers, we see that a simple move of his hands could flood the earth but he has deemed it fit to favour us from destruction and calamity. Job 26.
Left to our enemies we would have been subsumed in wars or sicknesses but for his mercy.
He used his miraculous powers to heal us, protect us, raise us and deliver us from the challenges of life, just because of His love, grace and mercy , and not for our righteousness. He provides for us and has not forsaken us. The Psalmist says I have been young and now I am old, never have I seen the righteous foresaken nor his children beg for bread. Psalm 37:25
It is clear and abundantly evident that man's effort and help are useless and we are only at the mercy of God. Psalm 60:11-12. He is the one that causes us to do valiantly. Psalm 115:3 says He does as He pleases. The promise that we have for this season, is that he will continue to have enduring mercy for us, so that we can continuously praise Him. Our role in all of these is to trust Him. Psalm 34.
Oh give thanks.
God has been good to us. His mercies endure forever. According to Plasm 136 we can see expressions of God's mercies in parts.
1. His creative powers...verses 4-9
2. His deliverance powers...verses 10-12
3. His victorious powers...verses 13-24
4. His miraculous powers....verse 13-16
5. His provision powers...verse 25
All the above has to do with Him only and with His mercies. Romans 9:16 says not of him who wills or of him who runs but of Him who shows mercy. There is no human effort that could match the above. If not for him, we would have been consumed. The Bible says "I returned and saw under the sun that The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11 NKJV)...The Creator is in control of time here and gives us chance, because he works all things for our good. Romans 8:28.
Within his creative powers, we see that a simple move of his hands could flood the earth but he has deemed it fit to favour us from destruction and calamity. Job 26.
Left to our enemies we would have been subsumed in wars or sicknesses but for his mercy.
He used his miraculous powers to heal us, protect us, raise us and deliver us from the challenges of life, just because of His love, grace and mercy , and not for our righteousness. He provides for us and has not forsaken us. The Psalmist says I have been young and now I am old, never have I seen the righteous foresaken nor his children beg for bread. Psalm 37:25
It is clear and abundantly evident that man's effort and help are useless and we are only at the mercy of God. Psalm 60:11-12. He is the one that causes us to do valiantly. Psalm 115:3 says He does as He pleases. The promise that we have for this season, is that he will continue to have enduring mercy for us, so that we can continuously praise Him. Our role in all of these is to trust Him. Psalm 34.
Oh give thanks.
Wonderfully written and greatly reassuring. Yes, He gives mercy for thousands and His mercy will trump over judgement in our lives!
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