Mercy and strength

And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation. He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. – Luke 1.50-51

We could almost write a theology book based in Mary’s beautiful song of devotion and worship. Virtually every phrase describes more about the character and actions of God.

I love the image of mercy and strength tied together. It shows that God has the strength to do whatever He wants, but He tempers His strength with mercy for those who fear Him. God can be both strong and merciful without it being a contradiction.

God’s strength allows Him to deal with sin. It allows Him to carry out His perfect, holy, righteousness judgement. It means that nothing is stronger than God and that our victory is secure. It means that one day all will be right.

But His perfect mercy means that he provides a way of escape from that judgement. All the good that we have is based on His mercy. His mercies are new every morning. His compassions never fail.

Praise God for His mercy that extends from generation to generation to all those who know God for who He is and put their faith Him.

And praise God for the hope. Because of His merciful strength we can rest assured that it will all be okay one day!