A Reflection On Mercy

When I want to know God more fully

Consider the mystery of a God who creates a race of people that He fully knows will collapse into rebellion, simply so He can redeem that race. Consider the oddity of a righteous and holy God who bypasses those who have tried on their own to clean themselves up in order to demonstrate grace to those who haven’t. Who may know the mind of this God?

God desires to be known in His mercy. Not just mercy, in fact, but incomprehensibly extravagant mercy. Mind-boggling mercy. The kind of mercy that bridges such a vast expanse that those who see it are compelled to fall on their faces in gratitude and worship. Do you know this mercy? We who realize we need a Savior must find our place with the tax collectors and sinners and drink it in. As we do, we’ll be learning the mind of God.

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

Mark 2:17