God is merciful

Today, the Holy Spirit reminded me that God is merciful. I would like to encourage all my readers today by reminding each of us that God is merciful. It doesn’t matter how much we have drifted away from Him; he would never leave or forsake us.

Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Know, then, that the Lord, your God, is God: the faithful God who keeps covenant mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments.” 

Ephesians 2:4-5 – “But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved.”

Titus 3:5 – “He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit.”

I grew up in a very religious Christian background. Every Sunday morning services, church family prayers, and youth fellowships, but deep down in me, I knew something was missing. There was this longing within me of wanting more of God.

I was 12 years old when the priest in my home church prayed for me, and as he touched me, I knew there was something beyond this physical realm. My home church faced the beach, and I remember walking out from the church and facing the beach then. I knew something supernatural happened then, but I couldn’t comprehend it. I didn’t tell anyone about my encounter back then. I did not realize it was my first encounter with the Holy Spirit.

Years passed by, and God brought me abroad to continue my studies, and that nation changed my whole belief system. I had a personal encounter with the Lord, and I just knew this Lord was real. A supernatural visitation and a gift from the Lord empowered me to take the call to write for Him. Since then, I have started writing for the Lord.

But, realities in life pushed me hard after returning to my home country. Personal challenges that took me away from the Gospel, led me to make wrong choices in my life. My heart became bitter and broken, my soul became weary and tired, and I couldn’t move forward.

I started focussing on the storms in my life, forgetting that the Lord was there, all the while calming the storms. I felt alone, and it wasn’t easy. It was a struggle as I tried to push away these storms.

Yesterday, a good friend of mine prayed for me and shared with me a vision ;

”The Lord is with you in this boat . The boat is sailing, and despite storms, The Lord is in the boat.”

The vision reminded me so much of my own life. I realized I focussed too much on the storms, forgetting the Lord would bring me to pass. As I focussed on the storms, it stole my joy within.

Today, I encourage my readers to be hopeful no matter the storms in your lives, and always remember the Lord is in your boat, helping you to sail through.

The storms can be anything you are facing today. Health issues, career issues, financial issues, marital issues, relationship issues, loneliness, wrong ideas and thought patterns, stagnation, fear of men, etc.It can be anything!

No matter the brokenness or struggle that any of you are facing, let us shift our focus to the Lord and not the storms in life.

Today, I encourage my readers to put your trust in the Lord. The Lord is preparing each of us for a new season. He has prepared us. He would not let us go nor forsake us. He is faithful. He is good, and He is merciful. It has nothing to do with how much we have prayed. It has nothing to do with how much we have sacrificed. There is a new season where we just stand and receive His miracles.

The Lord reminded me that He wants to bring me into another new season. This season, He has prepared me to experience His goodness like never before just because God is merciful.

Many of us try so hard to change situations in life. We try many ways to do things. Forgetting the Lord is with us the whole time. I believe I am in a season of just receiving God’s mercy.

I would like to encourage all my readers to shift their focus to the goodness of God and be in a posture of experiencing God’s mercy.

We must remember that by God’s mercy alone, He would do great and mighty things in our lives.

1st Corinthians chap 2: 9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—

Say this today: I thank you, Lord, you are merciful.-R.J.JOHN

Prayer for today: Abba Father, I thank you, Lord, that you are merciful. You are so merciful that you would never leave us nor forsake us. I commit my readers to your hands, and I pray, Lord, this season will be a season of experiencing our mercy like never before. I thank you, Lord; the storms in life will be shut off in Jesus’ name Amen.

Application

1. Take some time every day to study the Mercy of God. Meditate on various scriptures from the Bible that focus on the Mercy of God.