His Mercy Endures Forever

Mercy. I have always heard topics preached about mercy. Everywhere you turn in the bible, it speaks of God's mercy. When I was saved I knew that grace saved me. Grace - unmerited favor. However I never understood the lesson of mercy till recently.

Ever since I was saved I had successfully avoided situations full of temptations. Every morning we pray " Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one. However the night of the 21st of August was totally a test of my faith in which I fell short of God's mark and sin came in. I succumbed to the spirit of alcohol.

It was my cousins wedding and I had a few drinks. I could very well say that I did not drink myself to a drunken stupor but the main fact here is that I gave in to the spirit of alcohol. The next day however I begged God for forgiveness as I worshiped Him at church. Then only did the verse " His mercy endures forever " and
"His mercies are new every morning " make sense to me. I had a wonderful time in worship with Him, He did not leave me nor forsake me even though I know I hurt Him. However, everything we do has consequences. So the door I opened by letting in the spirit of alcohol opened a door for satan to enter. Praise God because even for that He has given us our spiritual leaders to see these things in the spirit and pray over us and nullify and cancel many things that we ourselves do not see.

For the last few days I was wondering why God allowed this to happen, then I realized that I was the one who was in dire need of a lesson in mercy. Now when I read the verses below it is real to me. His mercies are so very real. He could very well have said, "No you had alcohol last night, so I am taking away the spiritual gifts I have given you and you have to suffer a few days without your best friend the Holy Spirit". But instead of that my Merciful One, cleansed me of my sin and made me righteous, to stand and worship Him amongst His people and continue to use me for His glory.

Ps 106 :1 - Praise ye the LORD, O give thanks to the LORD of heaven because His mercy endureth forever. 

Ps 136:26 - O give thanks to the God of heaven: for His mercy endures forever.

Ps 107: 1 - O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth forever.

Lamentation 3: 22 - 23 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

I do not know how some people will react to this post. I am sharing this because I believe this is a very important lesson I have learned. God's mercies. Also I am glad that instead of shying away from the Lord, I just asked for His forgiveness and came before Him. In His throne room there is a seat, its called the Mercy Seat, and I believe if we were in heaven now, you would see me run time and time again to Him , to this seat. I cannot live this live without my Saviour, one day without fellowship with Him and my entire day will be rotten. Everything I do does not turn out right, so I'd rather just admit the fact to Him that I am indeed a sinner and I need His grace and mercy day in and day out, time and time again to live this life I have been called for. 

I hope this post moves you too, to draw closer to our Saviour. No matter what our sins are, in His throne room He has a special seat for His children, His children in Christ. He welcomes us with open arms to sit on this seat whenever we need to. Nothing we do surprises Him for He knows it all and He also knows that we are but clay, mere mortals. He does not expect us to be perfect, He does not need us to be perfect, He only wants us to be His, to acknowledge that we are sinners and are in need of Christ in our lives. 

All we have to do is admit that we are sinners and we believe that Christ died for our sins and through Him we have eternal life. If you have never said the sinners prayer before I would encourage you to do so now. Right now, just say this in your heart or out aloud: 

" Abba Father, in Jesus name I come to you. I confess with all my heart that I am a sinner and I am in need of Your grace and mercy. I believe and confess with all my heart that Jesus is the Son of God and through Him I have eternal life. I now renounce all my sins and accept Christ Jesus as my personal Lord and Saviour. In Jesus name. Amen."

Welcome to God's family! 

All you have to do now is read your bible daily and start attending a spirit filled church. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to write to me at estherisblogging@gmail.com

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Stay blessed 

Esther