Be Thankful For His Mercy

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Psalm 130:3-4

Have you ever taken time out of your day to think about where you would be if God had not shown mercy toward you? We are called to take note today that if God really marked our iniquity (wickedness, evil, crime, sin) we would not be here nor would we be able to obtain Eternal Life… The psalmist reminds us today to simply reflect upon our lives and the mistakes we have made (even the ones we made just a second ago or last night) and thank God for His mercy… If we are truthful with ourselves, we know that there are many things we desire in this life that would cause us to divert from the very path of God and lead us down a path of evil… Something as simple as a desire to have more can lead us to love material things which the bible tells us is the root of all evil… 

The first verse says, “If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?” Let us take some time to ponder that, these verses should provide perspective in our lives by reminding us that we are filthy rags that don’t deserve the Love of God to shine upon us… If we look over our lives, we will soon realize that we are not worthy to be counted in the number of God, we will recognize that our name should not appear in the Book of Life, and we will understand that hell should be our eternal resting home… The next portion of scripture says, “…But there is forgiveness with thee…” We are forgiven through His nail-scarred hands, we received a clean slate through the blood that flowed from His side and it is because of the words “it is finished…” that you and I are not judged according to the errors of our ways… The psalmist acknowledges that he is not worthy of God’s blessings, he understands that he isn’t worthy to simply be alive and because of that, he informs us as to why we should revere the Lord and be thankful for His mercy… 

ALL FOR HIS GLORY!