It’s
unbelievable how much our God cares for and is concerned for us. Be eternally
thankful for God’s grace, mercy, and love.
August’s Awakening, Day 31
Grace. God supplies to those He loves
with unmerited and undeserved favors, according to their need and His
unconditional love for us.
And
he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the
compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and
faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness,
rebellion and sin. Exodus 34:6–7a NIV
For
he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus
Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious
grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of
God’s grace that he lavished on us. Ephesians 1:4–8a NIV
For
the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. Titus 2:11
NIV
Mercy
and Goodness. God’s mercy is a tenderhearted and compassionate display
toward the miserable and needy people He loves, and also His restraint toward
fallen people as to what they truly deserve. His goodness is that which constitutes
the character of God, shown by His benevolence, mercy, and grace.
The
Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard
them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their
suffering. And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into
the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ Exodus 3:7,
17 NIV
As
a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those
who fear him; Psalm 103:13 NIV
When
he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and
helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 NIV
And
the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I
will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I
will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Exodus
33:19 NIV
The
Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. Psalm 145:9
NIV
Love
and Benevolence. God seeks the highest good of humanity at His own infinite
cost. Poured out at the Cross, His love is unconditional and for all people. His
benevolence is displayed as His unselfish concern for the welfare of those He
loves.
But
from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and
his righteousness with their children’s children— Psalm
103:17 NIV
But
because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we
were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4–5
NIV
Whoever
does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is love: not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for
our sins. 1 John 4:8, 10 NIV
The
Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more
numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was
because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he
brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery,
from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deuteronomy 7:7–8 NIV
For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son
into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John
3:16–17 NIV
Grace, mercy, and love allow our
holy God to have fellowship with sinful humanity. We have much to be thankful
for and much to look forward to.
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