Seeking God to Display His Mercy (Read Psalm 103: 1-13)
"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love." (Ps 103:8)
"Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people... “(Matthew 15:32)
When He walked among us on the earth, Jesus revealed to us the heart of His Father. We could say many things about the Father’s heart, but if we had to choose one quality, one characteristic that we saw most strikingly in the life of Jesus, I think it would be compassion. Compassion that flowed from the loyal-love and faithfulness that God showed in the covenant relationship He established with us.
As Christ walked with widows, tax-collectors, prostitutes, the impoverished, and the outcast, God’s boundless compassion and tender mercy flowed through Him. In His earthly ministry we saw the Father’s heart. The contrast community that Jesus has gathered to Himself is called to display the Father’s heart to the world.
Having received such boundless mercy ourselves, may we show His mercy in our world, and let us pray that God’s mercy will touch more hearts.
PRAYER
"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love." (Ps 103:8)
"Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people... “(Matthew 15:32)
When He walked among us on the earth, Jesus revealed to us the heart of His Father. We could say many things about the Father’s heart, but if we had to choose one quality, one characteristic that we saw most strikingly in the life of Jesus, I think it would be compassion. Compassion that flowed from the loyal-love and faithfulness that God showed in the covenant relationship He established with us.
As Christ walked with widows, tax-collectors, prostitutes, the impoverished, and the outcast, God’s boundless compassion and tender mercy flowed through Him. In His earthly ministry we saw the Father’s heart. The contrast community that Jesus has gathered to Himself is called to display the Father’s heart to the world.
Having received such boundless mercy ourselves, may we show His mercy in our world, and let us pray that God’s mercy will touch more hearts.
PRAYER
- Pray that the Church will rise up to show the mercy and love of God.
- Lord, your boundless compassion is still unknown by so many in our communities, and our world. Use me, use us, this day, this week, to share Your mercy.
- Pray that the church will be an exhibit of God’s kindness to a hurting world.