Whenever God wants to make people great, He shows them His mercy. Everyone in the scripture that had become great it is through the mercy of the Most High God. We talk of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Prophet Isaiah, Blind Bartimaeus, Mary the Mother of our Lord, Peter, Paul, the Apostles, John; it was the mercy of God that exalted them.
The mercy of God will exalt you above your neighbour, above your contemporary, above your equals. You will be outstanding though the mercy of God.
Mercy is one of the greatest attribute of God Almighty particularly in relating with us human. Mercy constitutes a soft spot in the heart of God. When there is a genuine cry for mercy, true cry to God for mercy, God stands up and does something for that person that is crying for mercy.
I want you to open your heart to God today and reach out to the Father of mercy. That was what Paul the Apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit calls God, in 2 Corinthians 1:3. He is the Father of our
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies…”
When you talk of the mercy of God, there are multiple dimensions of the mercy of God for various things and when we reach out to Him and cry for mercy, He moves to do something.
God is going to do something unique for you today. Let us humble ourselves before Him and reach out, and cry for His mercy for your life, for your business, for you career, for your finances. Cry for His mercy for your family, cry for His mercy for your nation, for your city, for anything and everything that concerns you and you will see the real difference that His mercy makes.
“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” (Mark 10:46-47)
This is the story of a beggar, a blind man, wearing rags, begging and sitting by the wayside, despised, the lowest of the lowest. He was smelly and blind but he heard that Jesus was passing by and he made up his mind and he cried out to Jesus for mercy.
“… Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” (Mark 10: 47)
Nine words! He called the Lord by His name, “Jesus”; the name that is above every name. and then he personalized it; “thou Son of David” He identified Jesus with David who received great mercy from the Lord. And then he said; “have mercy on me”. He was crying out to the Lord.
What does the Bible happened?
“And Jesus stood still…” (Mark 10:49)
The King of the Universe stood still by a cry for mercy by a poor, blind, smelly, rejected beggar. How much more you? Do not despise yourself. Do not give up on yourself. No matter what has happened in your past, no matter what is happening in your life now, no matter how low you think you are, no matter how battered you think you are, just reach out to Him and cry for mercy.
And He who stood still for blind Bartimaeus is standing still to receive your prayers, to answer and to respond to your cry.
“And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?…” (Mark 10:49-51)
You have cried for mercy, what do you want? Be specific. Be definite. Pinpoint exactly what you want.
“… The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.” (Mark 10:51)
No waste of time. No telling story of the past.
“…Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.” (Mark 10:51-52)
Mercy prevailed over poverty. It will prevail in your life! Mercy prevailed over begging! A beggar became a celebrity. Mercy prevailed over blindness. He got instant healing. Mercy will prevail over your life. Mercy prevailed over rejection. You have been rejected by the society, but when he cried for mercy the story changed.
Today, Jesus is waiting to have mercy upon you.
“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.” (Isaiah 30:18)
God is waiting to show you mercy, to be gracious unto you, to wipe your tears, to remove from you the garment of begging, the garment of shame, and the garment of poverty and to transform your life. He wants to transform you from being a beggar to being a celebrity.
Receive the mercy of God as you cry unto Him today!