In Your mercy

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.  – Exodus 15.13

Mercy. What a wonderful word. And how wonderful to have a God of mercy who acts in His mercy.

Can we even imagine what we would be like if God only acted in his justice and righteousness. It would be right and just and perfect if He wiped us all out because of our sin. That is what we all deserve.

But then comes mercy. It is by the mercy of God that we are not consumed by His wrath.

Israel was also the recipient of God’s mercy. God led them out of their captivity  in His mercy. He redeemed them from their captivity.

And isn’t that a great picture of what God does for us? We were in captivity to our sin. We were slaves to it. Sin owned us. It had us between a rock and hard place.

But God’s mercy stepped in and led us out of our captivity to sin. He redeemed us from our sin nature.

In your mercy you lead us. Thank you Lord.