Mercy of God

By Deaconess Florence Oyedeji

There are divers stories in the Bible where people appealed to the Mercy of God or they threw themselves on the Mercy of God. Not something that we do so much these days....But we should.  

The principal Hebrew word for mercy speaks of an emotional response to the needs of others. It means to feel the pain of another so deeply that we’re compelled to do something about it. 

People in Biblical times believed that the seat of emotions was found in the intestinal area. That’s why the King James Version uses the phrase, “bowels of mercy.” 

Jer. 31:20.  This is the same as Christ’s mercy to us, this is what He did and continues to do for us. 

By showing this kind of mercy to others, we become like Jesus. Col. 3:12-13—”Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; For-bearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”.  

Thank you Father, for your tender mercies, in Jesus Name.

 Amen.  You will have good success this 2021.  

Remain blessed.   

Shalom.