Category: Showing God’s Love to Others

Lamentations 3:22-23 (NKJV) 22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

God’s mercy is new every morning for us all.

The one thing we all have in common is that we need God’s mercy!

God shows us mercy and has compassion when we’ve done the most awful things. We all have had our share; and sometimes still do. We cannot deny it.

Thank God He is merciful!

It can be hard for people to understand and comprehend God’s mercy. Why?

Because in our hearts we have never shown tenderness toward those who have done us wrong. Instead, we want them to suffer or get the punishment we feel they deserve.

To want to see those who have done us wrong be punished is a desire of the flesh.

It’s only when we allow the Spirit of God to touch our hearts that we can sincerely want to do the opposite of what our flesh would love to say or do.

Showing mercy to others is something that we must truly desire, and in that we must allow God to lead us. Because without His strength of love working in us, we will struggle with this. It won’t be sincere.

The thing that helps me in this area is to remember the mercy, the compassion, the pity, and the benevolence He has shown me so many times when I didn’t deserve it.

Without hesitation He was there, with His arms open wide.

I keep it dear to my heart. And when I look at that one who is standing before me, and my flesh is saying, “give them what they deserve,” the Holy Spirit says, “remember what I did for you.”

Which voice will we listen to at that moment?

God is faithful in giving mercy. And we, His children, need to follow in His steps with all sincerity and love.

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