“But you don’t know me! I have such a sinful heart, selfish, deceitful, horrid!” Do we think our sin is greater than His salvation?
“He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.” Just for kicks I wanted to find out how high the sky was and found that the experts are saying that the more they look, the more immeasurable it gets. http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/kw/size-galaxy
Oh thank You, dear One who loves my soul like a Father who pities His children. That pity is translated to mean, “love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection.” (Strong’s) He knows my frame, that I am but dust, like grass and flowers that fade quickly. BUT, in verse 17, we find the MERCY of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, infinite, for those who 1) fear Him, 2) keep His covenant, 3) remember His commandments to do them.
That’s a tall order! I cannot do that in and of myself! The New Testament brings relief to us in Ephesians 2: 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a]and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
There’s the answer. God reaches down into our pit in great love, in great mercy, in great grace, and makes us alive in Christ, even when we were dead in sin. Even as believers when we cannot find our way out of the pit. Of His own initiative by His pervenient grace, He comes for us, as that tender Father, and scoops us out, cleans us off in His Son’s redemption, pours the oil of gladness on and sooths our prickly, self-worn out souls, and crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercy!
Then the exclaiming begins: “the Lord has established His throne in Heaven and His kingdom rules over all!” We have a tender Sovereign who reigns over all! Whoa! No wonder David starts in with speaking to the angels calling them to bless the Lord! His heart and soul are now full of the good things spoken of in verse 5.
The believing SLS is without excuse. We possess rich blessings at the Hand of our Holy Father. He offers a crown of lovingkindness and tender mercy. He brings Truth to bear on us and Grace to answer our objections. He rules in sovereignty. We are deep in His Heart and Hands.
BLESS THE LORD OH MY SOUL!
With God's grace and blessings, I should be more changed to His image, yet I fail each day. 1 thing He never fails, so that is most uplifting to me and makes Him even more worthy of worship and adoration and praise. In turn, He lifts me up even when I do not deserve it. So keep praising and adoring and happiness and joy will come, even if the pocketbook says Christmas costs too much!
ReplyDeleteLucy, it is good to see you back! God's mercy is never-ending and is new every morning. His faithfulness is to us all the only hope we have of overcoming. He proves it because His promises are true. Hallelujah!
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