1-12-2025 Devotion

 

God is Sovereign when it comes to mercy. GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS MERCY TO THE SOULS OF MEN.  No man deserves mercy. No individual has a right to God's mercy. Every person is wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked (Revelations 3: 17), and deserves to be so because man is completely depraved. We all deserved to be damned. Let that sink in! Ezekiel 18: 4 reads: "the soul that sinneth it shall die." Romans 3: 23 states: "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

God is Sovereign in the exercise of His mercy. God bestows His mercy upon whom He pleases. Look at the two thieves on the cross. One went to paradise, and one didn't. The sentence of death was passed on Moses for one act of disobedience. He asked God to remove it, but God in His Sovereignty said, "NO!" Look at Hezekiah who was sick unto death. He asked God to spare his life. God added fifteen years to his life (2 Kings 20: 1-6). Why did answer Hezekiah's prayer but not Moses' prayer? Because He is Sovereign. 

One day the Lord Jesus Christ was walking by the Pool of Bethesda, where a multitude of sick people were waiting for the moving of the waters. The first one in would be healed. In that large group was a man who had been cripple for many years. The Lord Jesus Christ healed him and told him to, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk...." Christ healed that poor man. Why didn't He heal any others? The man He healed exercised no faith, did not ask to be healed and was not expecting to be healed. Why did Christ heal him? Because of the Sovereignty of God. 

My friend, when you trust God's Sovereignty to do what is best for the Kingdom, that will include what is best for you. Embrace the God of all Creation. Everything begins with God and so it should be in our lives.