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Exposition
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is
merciful – Jesus is saying that His children should
imitate Him. As He is merciful towards us His children so should we be merciful
towards all others. Lamentations 3: 22
says that It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his
compassions fail not. Imagine what would happen to you without God’s
mercy towards you. You should make a list and be thankful!!
As God gives support or as God commiserates with all who need it so
should we as children of God do all within our power to remove misery in the
life of all who are in distress.
To show mercy is to be tender hearted or kind or to show love to
everyone. To be merciful, past injuries will have to be overlooked just as God
says in Hebrews 8:12 that He will forgive
their iniquities and remember their sins no more.
To be merciful is to pardon people even though they have not asked to be
pardoned. It is also to not allow repeated acts of ingratitude to stop you from
doing good or right to those who do not say thank you, including those who are
not part of God’s family.
In the world today not to remember past insults seems hard, which is why
there is need to pray for grace to do so today.
Prayer
I thank you for all the mercies you have ever shown to me and all
you will continue to show to me and my family. I struggle in many areas and you
still show me mercy. Your word says that I should be perfect as you are
perfect. As your child, I want to be like you. Help me to walk daily like you
want me to walk. Let every heart of stone become a heart of flesh.
Help me to overlook all that I should overlook. Help me to be good
despite what anybody says or does. Let your limitless grace flood all over me
now and forever more in Jesus name. Amen
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