Tender Mercies

Today's Verse:

Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. ~Psalm 119:156

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Psalm 119 teaches us that trials, afflictions, and problems reveal to us the greatness of God and His attributes. Times of difficulty are God’s gift to us. Without these troubles, we are lacking in our faith and grasp of God’s power and love in our lives. We see where the psalmist speaks of the tender mercies of God. In a society where a spirit of bravado, retaliation, and rage is so prevalent, we must see the tender mercies of God for our life.

We see a man who was suffering.

“Consider mine affliction... Many are my persecutors and enemies... I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved.” This pilgrim was groaning in his spirit because his spiritual enemies have outnumbered him. He was suffering because their scornful words had taken a toll on him. He was grieved at how lawless his society and world had become. Does the decline of our world disturb you? Does the hatred against God, His Word, and the church cause you concern? It should! We must have a heart that is grieved like Paul’s was when he went down to Athens and saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

We see a man who was sustained.

“Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD.” This man was sustained in his spirit, his thoughts, and his outlook by resting on the tender mercies of God. God’s mercies are His pity, love, and grace at work in us. In the midst of his trouble, God’s tender mercies lavished him in love. I am reminded of Romans 8:34-38 and how nothing can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. God’s tender mercies comfort us with love. God’s tender mercies were large. He said, “Great are thy tender mercies.” God just kept pouring buckets of His tender mercies into the life of this believer. God’s tender mercies were lifting. These mercies lifted his spirit. These tender mercies gave him peace. These tender mercies enabled him to have a correct perspective on God’s plan for his life.

We see a man who was steadfast.

“I do not forget thy law... Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies... Consider how I love thy precepts.” This man remained anchored and steadfast in the Lord. Like Eleazar, his hand clave to the sword. Like Paul, he determined that none of these things will move him. Don’t stray from God’s Word when things get tough. Let your problems draw you closer to the Lord. Be ready for a special Word from God.

We see a man who was stirred.

Three times he asked the Lord to quicken him. He could feel the paralysis of fear creeping into his soul. He could feel the paranoia of fear causing him to have doubts. He knew that he needed God to keep him stirred and revived. When we get too comfortable, too cocky, too chicken-hearted, or too clouded in our thoughts, it is time to pray for God to stir us. He knew that the problems were distracting him from where God wanted him to be. Ask the Lord to quicken, revive, and stir you. Be stirred for God’s testimony, for His work, and for souls to be saved. Be stirred that you do not lose your fervency for the Lord.

In the midst of a difficult circumstance, God’s tender mercies kept this believer safe, spiritual, stirred, and sane. Discover His mercies in your life. Remember that they are loving, large, lifting, and lasting. Great are Thy tender mercies, O Lord!

Have a mercy-filled God Morning!

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