Divine Compassion!
Verse for Today: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Psalms 103:17 – But the
lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear
Him, and His righteousness to children’s children.
God’s dealing with human beings
is based on His character. He is full of compassion and mercy to all, not
because we humans deserve it on our merit, but because of His grace to us. But
He shows special mercy and compassion to all His children who accept Him as
their Father when they are born again into His family. He expects His children
to be in fellowship with Him through our devotion, obedience and love. He desires
that we recognize Him as the awesome God who is a consuming fire and wants us
to live in reverence and fear of Him. When we live on the basis of His Word and
in subjection to His Spirit, our hearts and lives will be filled with the awe
of our Great God who lives in unapproachable light. When we live under the
shadow of such a great and mighty God, He is moved by our devotion to respond
to our prayers and petitions. Thus when we live to please Him and make Him our priority
in life, our lives becomes His which He will use for His glory. As He uses our
lives to bring glory to His name, we would begin to enjoy His lovingkindness.
But we receive His mercy which has been shown to us long before we were born.
The Father knew us before the foundation of the world was laid and prepared the
way of salvation for us through Jesus Christ. He took pity on us because of our
low estate. His compassion will be upon us till we complete our sojourn in this
world. But even in eternity, His dealings with us will be on the basis of His eternal
compassion and love to us. It is this compassion which gives us all that we
need each day to live to glorify Him. In His compassion, He provides for us,
protects us and sustains us. In His compassion, He gives us what pleases Him and
what is most beneficial to us because the many things that we ask for may not
be good for our spiritual well-being.
Dear reader, are you aware of the
fact that God is immensely merciful to you? It is His mercy that has caused you
to become His child. He had prepared the way of salvation for you in eternity
past and handled your situation is such a way that at the right time, you would
hear the gospel and believe. He has also shown mercy to you by helping you to
live as His child and giving you all that you needed for life and devotion. He
is pleased to meet all your physical, emotional and spiritual needs because He
is merciful to you. As God does all that He has promised for you on a daily
basis, He expects you to respond to Him by living in the fear and awe of Him.
His blessings of all kind will be available to those who live in reverence to
Him. If you fear Him, you will express it through obedience, love and devotion
in true worship. God has promised that if we live in His fear, He will show
compassion to us and our generations to come. Abraham had such blessings in his
life as his grandchildren through the centuries have enjoyed the favor of the
Lord. God performs righteousness to our generations if we live in His fear. When
we go through dire needs, His heart melts for us and His resources start
flowing towards us to meet those needs. Today let us look around and see the
extent of compassion God shows us by providing us with all His best to live a
life of witness to His faithfulness. Let us respond to His compassion through
our devotion.
Lamentations 3:22 – Because of
the Lord’s great mercy we are not consumed, for His compassion never fails.
Thought for Today
When God shows compassion,His children respond with a heart full of devotion and love.
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