Without God’s mercy, you will loose your Grip!

Good Monday Morning! Let’s continue to look over this subject of mercy. What exactly brings a person to realize their need to seek God’s mercy? Last week, we discussed the motivation of the healthy fear of God; and the motivation of the Word of God. What else can motivate us to seek God’s mercy?

Christians who seek God’s mercy are conscious of the presence of God. Hebrews 4:13 says, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” There is no clothing that can cover your nakedness from the Lord. He sees you the way you really are. A Christian who is motivated and moved to come to God’s throne and say, “God, I need mercy” is inevitably a believer who has been confronted by the omnipresence of God. Do we personally understand that God is everywhere? He is “personally” everywhere so much that he lives inside the believer. That is what makes us a holy Temple unto the Lord; God living inside of us. When we lose consciousness of that, that He’s watching us (He knows us intimately), we lose sight of how much we need mercy. But, when I know He is looking at me and sees me just as I really am, it motivates me to go to His throne of grace and ask for His mercy because I know that what He sees is not always good.

Christians who seek God’s mercy are conscious that they need mercy first before they can extend mercy to others. Hebrews 4:14 says, “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God.” When we offer mercy to people who do not deserve it, there is a tendency for us to start feeling sorry for ourselves. There’s a tendency to get disgusted with them and say, “You know what, I’m just tired of this. I’ve given you mercy and given you mercy, and I’m tired. I don’t have any more to give.” You cannot buy mercy at Wal-Mart or the grocery store. The only place to get it is from God. When you go to God because you need mercy to give to other people, it reminds you of the fact that you really need mercy for you. When you run out of mercy for others, it is because you have lost sight of your need for mercy from God.

Finally, the person who seeks God’s mercy is conscious of the fact that without it they will “lose their grip.” Hebrews 4:14 says, “let us hold fast our profession.” The idea behind this is that of our losing grip on the rope that is keeping us moored from drifting away. You can drift just imperceptibly. You do not notice it; it happens slowly. That is the analogy that is used here; that we can lose our grip on that which moors us. Your profession is the testimony of your Christian life. Our covenant we have made with God was when we confessed that we belong to Him. Now, we are conscious of the fact that we are losing our grip on that testimony. This motivates us to turn to the Lord Jesus and to seek His help.

Turn to God, my friend! Do you seek God’s mercy today? It is available, my friend, for his mercies “are new every morning.” Next week, we will discover how to “obtain” this mercy from God. May we all seek God’s mercy!