GOD WHO IS RICH IN MERCY

 EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

JULY 13

 

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his

great love wherewith he loved us,

 
In consequence of sin our misery is great,—but it cannot be so great as God’s mercy.
 
Our sufferings are many, but God’s mercy is an antidote for all.
 
Mercy is the wealth of God, which he lays out upon his people.
 
It is the sympathy of God, which he displays towards his afflicted children.
 
It is that by which he is affected, with a sense of all our sufferings; as it is written of his people of old, “In all their affliction he was afflicted, and carried them all the days of old.”
 
The mercy of God is infinite.
 
It flows through Jesus.
 
It is glorified in soothing our sorrows, supplying our wants, pardoning our sins, relieving our distresses, and restoring us from all our wanderings.
 
Beloved, God is rich in mercy to-night.
 
He has mercy for thee; just that mercy which is necessary.
 
He says, “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.”
 
Believe his promise.
 
Plead for mercy at his throne.
 
Expect him to glorify his mercy in thee.
 
You need no recommendation, but your misery.
 
No greater encouragement than this, “He is rich in mercy, rich unto all that call upon him.”
 

High as the heav’n o’er earth extends,

His mercy all our sins transcends;

Far as the east from western climes,

He casts the guilt of all our crimes.

 
James Smith