NOVEMBER 25
WE HAVE RECEIVED MERCY
“Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint
not,” (II Corinthians 4:1)
Note the words’faint not’, from the Greek, meaning: to turn out badly, or, cave
in. True, there are days when one feels like they are going to cave in, and what
keeps us from it? Because we have RECEIVED MERCY. We realize that “greater is He
within us” than all of the outside pressure. We are “God’s husbandry, we are
God’s building,” (I Cor. 3:9). He will maintain a proper balance of the exterior
and the interior. He does not overload the circuits so that we explode and
cannot contain the measures of His love and grace, nor does He short-circuit the
power so that we do not have enough to face the need of the day. He is our
sufficiency all the way!
Whatever the ministry, whatever the service He has called us to, He has also
given us mercy which undergirds and is equal to the task, yes, and MUCH MORE.
The Psalmist knew this well, and stated, “all my springs are in Thee,” (Ps.
87:7). Therefore, “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my
mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations,” (Ps. 89:1).
We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may
be of God, and not of us,” (II Cor. 6:7). No need to despise the earthiness of
the vessel. He chose it to place His treasure therein. No need to try and exalt
the earthen vessel, it has nothing of itself wherein to boast. But we can
rejoice in the mercies of the Lord, the grace of God given to us through His
kindness, and the power, which abides within to sustain us. “It is of the Lord’s
mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new
every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul;
therefore will I hope in Him,” (Lam. 3:22-24). “O give thanks unto the Lord; for
He is good; for His mercy endureth forever,” (Psalms 136:1)
“Mercy there was great, and grace was free,
…there my burdened soul found liberty, at Calvary.”
(Newell)
Ray Prinzing
Sister Doris Prinzing
1130 Allumbaugh St. Apt 257
Boise, Id 83704-8700
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