Blessed are the Merciful!

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!” Ephesians 1v3 (AMP)

Another group of people who the Bible says are blessed are the merciful. Matthew 5v7 (AMP) says “Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!” Our Father in heaven is the epitome of merciful, and He wants us to be merciful as well. We find that a lack of forgiveness can hinder God from forgiving we ourselves because in His mercy He has forgiven us from our sins… how much more should we extend the same hand of mercy to others – even when we think they are not deserving of it. The following parable gives a good illustration of this: ““The Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date. In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him $10 million!$10 million, literally, “10,000 talents.” Approximately £3 million. He couldn’t pay, so the king ordered him sold for the debt, also his wife and children and everything he had. “But the man fell down before the king, his face in the dust, and said, ‘Oh, sir, be patient with me and I will pay it all.’ “Then the king was filled with pity for him and released him and forgave his debt. “But when the man left the king, he went to a man who owed him $2,000$2,000, approximately £700. and grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. “The man fell down before him and begged him to give him a little time. ‘Be patient and I will pay it,’ he pled. “But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt would be paid in full. “Then the man’s friends went to the king and told him what had happened. And the king called before him the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil-hearted wretch! Here I forgave you all that tremendous debt, just because you asked me to— shouldn’t you have mercy on others, just as I had mercy on you?’ “Then the angry king sent the man to the torture chamber until he had paid every last penny due. So shall my heavenly Father do to you if you refuse to truly forgive your brothers.”” (Matthew 18v23-35, TLB).

Prayer

Father, I thank You for Your Word and the mercy You have shown unto me. Please help me to be merciful in Jesus name, amen.