Mercy and Grace at Work

Psalm 103:8

"The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy."

Two of the greatest attributes of God are mercy and grace. If God were not merciful and gracious towards us, we would be in a heap of trouble. It is only God's mercy that keeps us from burning in Hell, and it is His grace that offered us salvation. Yet, the mercy and grace of God does not stop at salvation. When studying Psalm 103, you see that mercy and grace are constantly at work in our lives. Let me show you how they work and how you can use them in your personal life with others.

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Dealing with False Witnesses

Psalm 35:11

"False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not."

Everyone at some point in their life will be lied or gossiped about. It is never pleasant to be at the bad end of lies or gossip. Maybe you are going through a divorce and the lies being said about you are far from the truth. Maybe you are the recipient of church gossip that has assumed things about you that simply are not true. Maybe at the workplace someone said something about you that has put your job on the line. It really doesn't matter what the lies may be, they simply are not true and are destroying your name. Your first response is to retaliate and say things about the false witnesses that will expose them.

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Walking in Integrity

Psalm 26:11

"But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me."

One of the most needed traits today is integrity. When you look at political leaders who say one thing on the campaign trail but do another thing once they are elected, you can see the need for integrity. When you see Christians who act and say one thing at church but are completely different when you see them out in the world, you can see the need for integrity. When you see our spiritual leaders say one thing from the pulpit but see their private life revealed in a negative manner, you can see the need for integrity.

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Bible Thoughts by Terry Hedderman

Sunday, 4/19/14  Ps 109:1-20 David prays for some fierce judgment to fall on the wicked. V16: Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. David was very angry because of the wicked attacking him, and yet, asks God to attack them. The things that we dislike in others are usually traits we have in abundance in ourselves.  

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Absalom's Place

2 Samuel 18:18

"Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place."

The name "Absalom" never brings positive thoughts to one's mind. Absalom was the son of King David. Here was a young man who had much potential, but many wrong attitudes and actions ruined that potential.

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A Little Too Late

Psalm 51:2

"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."

It is easy to pass over the time frame from David's sin with Bathsheba to the time when the Prophet Nathan approached him. Close to a year had passed from the time that David committed adultery to the time his sin was revealed, and in that one year sin had taken a toll on David. This is why David said, "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin." David knew the affect of sin on his life, and he wanted them completely removed.

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