September 14 –Have Mercy Lord Jesus

“ What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.” – Romans 9:14-16 (ESV)

There might be many different reasons that we find ourselves not understanding the ways of God. Today, is one of those times. Our temptation is to question the why of something that happened because we didn’t want it to or thought it shouldn’t be. As true faith believers, we know that God has not made any mistake today because He never makes mistakes. We have prayed fervently for a close friend who today was called home to be with Jesus. Now, we continue to pray for his family. His wife and daughter and father-in-law in need of God’s mercy and compassion. This family lost both grandmothers in the last year and a half. But our promise today is a good one. God promises no injustice (that’s the no mistake promise). So if in weakness we may argue God is not just, Paul the Apostle says BY NO MEANS! “May it Never Be!” The Authorized Version says, “God Forbid!” NO MISTAKES, even in the toughest circumstances. It is God who gives and who desires to give Mercy and Compassion in abundance as He wills. It is God who has unbounded supply of mercy and it is He who will give it as we need it.

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May 6 – Between A Rock and A Good Place

“The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.”  - Deuteronomy 32:4 (NASB)

We might be finding ourselves between the familiar rock and a hard place these days.  The promises we contemplate today are that God is The Rock, whose work is perfect – without fault. God’s ways are just and God’s faithfulness is without injustice. God is righteous and upright. These words are from the Song of Moses which he spoke before the assembly of the people of Israel. The occasion was the commissioning of Joshua, Moses’ successor. This word, “The Rock” represents the stability and permanence of God. These promises of who God is and of His perfection in all things are also true for us today. We might well be facing some difficult hard places in our lives.  But being between this Rock and our hard place today we are actually blessed because our Rock is God Almighty.  He is with us, on our side and we can find safety in God as our refuge, our Rock of Salvation. Let’s today, rest secure on our Rock for it is where God has placed all of us who have believed the Gospel, our secure place is on Him today and forever.

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