THE JUDGEMENTS OF HIS MERCY

Psalms 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.

Is the fight discouraging? Does the way seem long and hard? Do others seem to have an easier path? Does it all seem unjust? Others felt also that way, like Job, Abraham Jacob, and David; and they all had the confidence to contend with God.

What does a relationship with God look like? What is He to us? Is He that great distant ruling potentate? Is He so far from our heart that His commands seem cold and unreasonable? Is He like the rulers of this world who exercise authority over the children of men, or like the gods of the heathen who only require sacrifices and care not for the welfare of their followers? And tell me now, does such a high and haughty god provoke religiosity? Does it feed our spiritual ego?

In life, who are the people with whom we have the faith to plead our cause, to ask for mercy, to plead for reprieve and forgiveness? Is it with the stranger, the governor or the blind justice of the land? No my friend, it is from our friends, from those closest to us, those of whom we trust the love. Those may be the ones we argue with the most because we have faith in their love for us, that they will forgive, even our contentions.

So my friend, we do not need to be unnecessarily ‘religious’. We can leave that for those whose gods cannot speak nor hear nor feel. We can leave that for the people who do not want a living god who will reason and talk with them; or even a god who will go as far as getting involved in their lives. Yea, leave the religious attitude to them who want to place there god on a shelf in a shrine outside their home.

Like the patriarchs of old, we can plead our cause, demand His mercy, claim His promises. He loves to hear His Children contend for His love and care, wrestle with the angel for His blessing. He loves to prove Himself to be the God of their salvation beyond and above all circumstances.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.