FEBRUARY 12
BECOMING MERCIFUL ONES
“With the merciful Thou wilt shew Thyself merciful.” (Psalm 18:25)
One of the precious inworkings of His grace in the lives of those, whom He
separates unto Himself, is that they are becoming His merciful ones. Seems that
many have walked with God for years without learning what it means to “have
mercy”, to become a vessel of mercy through whom His mercy is revealed. There
has been far too much fight in us; a demand for justice according to what we
think is justice.
Jonah received the word of the Lord – it is a marvelous thing to receive “the
Word of the Lord”, but that doesn’t make us a merciful one. It was because Jonah
rebelled against the mercy, that he first fled unto “Tarshish: for I knew that
Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,”
(Jonah 4:2). So God had to discipline him in the belly of a great fish, until
somewhat subdued he was willing to speak the “Word” which the Lord had given
unto him. Then God had to give him another forceful object lesson with a gourd
to teach him to have mercy. How hard are the lessons we need to teach us also to
be merciful. But in due time we shall be perfected in mercy, for He has a work
of mercy to be performed through His people.
“Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be
judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be
forgiven,” (Luke 6:36-37). Note the word “forgive”, same Greek root used
elsewhere as ‘redemption”, meaning TO LOOSE AWAY. We are groaning within
ourselves for the fullness of our redemption, that we might be loosed from the
very last vestige of this bondage of vanity. But what sayest thou to this
statement of our Lord, according as thou forgivest another (loose them from
their offences toward you), so shalt thou be forgiven (loosed from all that
presently holds you captive)?
The more we learn to be merciful unto others, the more we also shall be able to
comprehend His mercy for us. “For as the heaven is high above the earth, so
great is His mercy toward them that fear Him”, (Ps. 103:11).
Ray Prinzing
Sister Doris Prinzing
1130 Allumbaugh St. Apt 257
Boise, Id 83704-8700
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