A Reflection On Mercy

When I need to appreciate God’s abundant love for me

The greatest commandment of all, said Jesus, is to love God with everything we are and everything we have. It’s what we were created for. But here, in the context of fallen humanity, our love is contingent on the mercy we have experienced. And where love is faint, mercy has been missed.

Does your love for God overflow with gratitude? Does it weep at His feet? If not, go back to the Cross. Contemplate the huge chasm that once lay between the deadness of your spirit and the life of your God. Remember the cold rebellion—that chilling apathy toward our Creator—that we all started out with. Understand that we were separated from any deserving claim on His goodness. Everything that brought us back to Him was all grace—nothing else. Pure, unbridled mercy. A love that knows no restraint and accepts no resistance.

Few people really understand God’s mercy. Become one who does. Know the magnitude of His grace. And let your love for Him reflect it.

Her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.

Luke 7:47