His mercy endures forever

“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth forever.” - Psalms 136v1-3

Praise God for His enduring mercy! No wonder the psalmist here seems caught up in the goodness of God in extending His mercy to us. God shows His mercy in His character, in His creation, and in His care for us.

There is a whole litany of struggles, some of them they brought on themselves, but still God’s mercy endures forever. Verse 23 is especially appropriate – “He remembered us in our low estate: for His mercy endures forever.” All of us were in that low estate, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by (grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2v4-7)

Where would we be without God’s ever enduring mercy? We would still be walking “according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others “ (Ephesians 2v2-3)

Praise God that His mercy endures forever and that it extended, and extends today, to me!