Today : Tender Mercy
TODAY’S VERSE
“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” Isaiah 42:3 (NIV)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
How great it is that we can come before an Almighty and Holy God, totally unworthy, full of sin and rebellion and yet experience such love, mercy and forgiveness. David knew this. After getting a married woman pregnant and then purposely having her husband killed in battle, David came to the realization of how far he had wandered from God. He then comes to God in repentance praying, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.” And that is exactly what he experienced. God was gracious to him. God forgave him and had mercy upon him. Isaiah knew about this kind of love as well. He paints a word picture illustrating God’s mercy toward us. He writes “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” How gentle we would have to be, not to break a reed that was already bent? How careful would we have to be, not to totally extinguish a smoldering wick that has already lost its flame? Isn’t it good to know that this is God’s attitude of mercy and grace toward us? Doesn’t it bring joy to your heart to know that you can take anything you have done or have not done and confess it to Him and experience His tender mercy? How wonderful God is. Today, might the words of Jeremiah, in Lamentations 3:22-23, fill your heart with joy and peace. He wrote, “Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, I come to you today, with all my sins and wrong doings and give them to You. I thank You for Your tender mercy. I thank You for Your forgiveness and compassion toward me. God, I understand that it because of Your great love that I am not consumed. Truly, Your compassions never fail, they are new every morning.
AMEN
TODAY’S AFFIRMATION & MEDITATION
God’s compassion toward me never ends
Today’s verse uses a beautiful word picture. Picture a smoldering wick of a candle almost out of energy. Barely alive, one abrupt motion, one faint breeze would extinguish its energy. But picture Jesus coming to that very wick and breathing on it and it bursts into a flame, full of life. Now see Him come to you. He comes and breathes the same breath of life, of mercy, of compassion onto you. Sense yourself come to life. Feel His forgiveness; His peace and His mercy fill your heart. Cry out, “Thank You Jesus for the new life You give me. Thank You for Your mercy and peace.”
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