The day of God’s mercy
Memorise: For he saith to Moses, I will
have mercy on whom I will have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Romans 9:15
The day that David was preferred above his brothers
could best be described as a day of Gods mercy. While he was in the dreamt that
he could become a king. Flock, he never dreamt that he could become a king.
There was no king in his family, and in any case, king Saul was still alive.
David was not the son of King Saul, so it could not have crossed his mind that
he could ever be king. He never prayed for it. In the case of Elisha in 1 kings
19:19-21, he was busy working on the farm when the Almighty God graciously told
him that he had obtained mercy from Him. He became the son of a prophet. In the
story of Gideon in Judges 6:11-16, the Bible tells us that Gideon was by the
winepress working, and the Almighty God met him there. You may be working in a
factory and God may meet you there. When your day comes, nothing can stop it.
In the case of Moses in Exodus 3:1-10, the Bible says Moses was at the backside
of the desert where you wouldn’t even think of looking for a deliverer. You may
live in a village that is not even on the map but God can pick you up from
there. You may be a servant like Joshua – the servant of Moses, who was in deep
sorrow in a tent because his master had just died. God met him there and said
he was to replace Moses. Joshua trembled but God said He would be with him just
as He was with Moses (Joshua 1:2&5).
David woke up a shepherd by boy and by the time he
went to bed, he was a king. Today may be your day. It may be the day that you
will get answers to all your prayers. All you need to do is to worship God and
let your destiny be fulfilled. You must however remember that the day came for
Gehazi too. He was a servant of a man of God and he was a very crooked one. He
must have been playing some pranks and God must have been watching him. One
day, his day came. He ran after Naaman and got something, he got leprosy. Do
not let today be your day of destruction. If you are still in sin, let today be
your day of destruction. If you are still in sin, let today be your day of salvation as it is written in 2 Corinthians
6:2
“For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted,
and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted
time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
The mercy of God is pleading with someone reading this
devotional today: stop arguing with God, repent of your sins; stop that
extra-martial affair; stop that fraudulent practice; that the day of God’s
mercy may come speedily. It may even be today.
Action point
Think of those things the Holy Spirit
has been warming you against; stop doing them and turn a new leaf so that today
would be your day of experiencing God’s mercy.
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