THE MERCY OF GOD

life-changingTHE MERCY OF GOD (Matt 20:29-34) (Rom 9:9-18)

The word mercy means to have compassion, to have pity or even to be gracious on someone. But when we refer to the mercy of God we are talking of a divine mercy in which man need in other to live a worthy life. As we all know it is only God who is all powerful, all knowing, unquestionable, and blameless. Since man is full of limitations, like needs, poverty, health problems etc. we all need God’s mercy which He lavishes on mankind, not because we are holy, strong or even intelligent but because of his love.

Based on our text in Matt 20:29-34, we shall be considering the features of men who can obtain mercy from the highest God.

1 They are desperate. (Matt 20:31) Despite the fact that the two blind men were being stopped by the crowd, they refused to give in but rather pressed harder to achieve their desired goal.
2 They did cry. Matt: 20:30. The bible testified that these men cried loud enough to the extent that they caught the attention of the highest God.
3 They are not distracted. Matt 20:31.They refused to be distracted by the overwhelming crowed who tried to shut them up and even they refused to listen to their body which might have been suggesting tiredness to them. Neither did they hearken to their blind condition.
4 They persevered and remain focused.

Having discussed the features of men who can obtain favor from God, we shall also consider the benefits of obtaining God’s mercy.

1 Prayers are being answered.
2 Reproaches are rolled away.
3 God himself will attend to ones case.
4 One will have a miracle.
5 The seemly impossible becomes possible.

Conclusively, each time a man strives to obtain mercy from the throne of God, he is bound to go through some obstacles. I implore you not to give in but to contend desperately until you get it because you need it.