Though life sometimes seem chaotic
And startling events turn up in our plates
Though at times we wonder, “How’ll I cope
If something like that becomes my lot?”
Yet behind cacophony and agony
God upholds our lives, orders our steps
To an end He saw before it all began
An end He deemed and beamed, “GOOD!”
He allots, for each day, new mercy
And sufficient grace we harvest by faith
Otherwise, we flounder and wander but
Tapping into our portion of His daily bread
The confusion and diversion we saw
The pain or shame we endured
Form part of the orchestra He directs
Ending in harmony that leaves us richer
Than we were before the fateful dance.
Despite mounting uncertainties we face
Two things we must hold with both hands:
He gives fresh mercy for every new day.
Each is sufficient, not for days ahead;
Our mercy ration meets our daily need.
Reserving it for tomorrow leaves us short
Today, and behind when tomorrow arrives.
Details of how and when are His business
Our call is to stand on His promises
Fully convinced that He never fails!
Despite our perception of His preferences
God is good, able and reliable
Though times isolate our experiences
He exploits pains to touch us, change us
To draw us closer, deeper into His care
So we can see clearer and do better
As we pursue the goal – to be like Him.
God’s mercy is inexhaustible, an endless flow of compassion for the living. They have been flowing for ages, meeting needs from one generation to the other, and yet will continue to flow until Jesus comes. Like living bread from the oven of the Master Baker, He makes them new and serves them fresh every morning. New mercies for each new day, for every living soul, from now to the end of the ages – how much mercy is that? He is not only the Good Father, He truly is a very rich God.
If God is so rich, how are we supposed to live? Be miserly with the mercies He so richly endows? Save God some mercies, right? But God doesn’t need it. They are made for us, for our use because we are the ones in constant need of mercy. Not only for our consumption but also to share with others. We have to have enough in ourselves to be able to share it. If we can’t let ourselves relish God’s lavish mercies, it would be almost impossible for us to think anyone else deserving of what we can’t enjoy. We take it in first, surrender ourselves to its immense richness, and are lifted to joyfully share with others. Until we enjoy mercy, we can’t appreciate it for what it truly is and does.
The problem is not people hoarding mercy – it’s more about not allowing ourselves to graciously accept it. Until we do, we continue to struggle with our sense of worth and that of others as well. We will continue to struggle with forgiveness; how can we forgive others, easily or otherwise, when we cannot forgive ourselves? How can you ascribe unto others, more value than you ascribe to yourself? But when we let mercy do its perfect work in us, we are transformed by its eternal power!
Nobody wholeheartedly takes in God’s overwhelming mercy and remains the same. If we are still the same, then we haven’t let it sink in yet. The more we let mercy, the more it transforms us to merciful sons and daughters of the Most Merciful God. If we truly want to be like God, in everything and in every way, we have to learn to enjoy the riches of His mercy; not misuse it because it avails, not abuse it because it abounds, but make the best we can of so gracious a gift.
Blessings
Glory!