Jesus said, “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice… ” Matthew 9:13. Wow, what wisdom the Lord Jesus is sharing with us! Psalm 136 declares 26 times that God’s mercy endures forever. Mercy is compassion seeing one in distress, worry, fear, pain or discouragement, moving into action removing the cause of their grief and sorrows.” Mercy never judges, blames, finds fault or demands the consequences of sin upon those in distress. Mercy never condemns. Mercy never gives us what we deserve because we blew it or made a poor choice. Mercy gives what we have not earned. In learning the mercy of God, believe and receive the mercy God has for you.
All too often, instead of learning and receiving the wonderful mercy of God, we attempt to earn our freedom, healing or blessings from God by sacrificing. We tend to want to do something to earn God’s favor or acceptance. Then God will take care of our problem. The very best we have to offer will not be good enough. Instead let’s learn and understand the wisdom that our Lord Jesus shared when He said, “I desire mercy not sacrifice. Always remember the Lord Jesus was the only sacrifice that the Father required to remove the cause of all our grief, sorrows, sickness and disease. Always remember because of His great mercy Jesus bore our grief, sorrows, sickness and diseases on the cross in His body. Begin to declare that the mercy of God endures forever. Declare it over any problem you may have. Then you will see God’s compassion manifest in your situation. You will see the cause removed. As you see God’s favor operating on your behalf continue to declare that it is the mercy of God that has set you free, not anything you have done.
Praise God for His mercy endures forever.
