Our dear brother Tommy, a faithful deacon at Lighthouse Bible Baptist Church, ministers each week by sending out a timely and encouraging charge to believers. We are glad to share this week’s devotional with you.
April 4, 2026. Good morning, my brothers and sisters. “I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.” (Deuteronomy 3: 25,26.). Here is Moses beseeching the Lord and praying to him that God would be merciful and allow him to enter into the promised land, and lead God’s people. I have been meditating on the word, “mercy,” this week. Thinking of God’s mercy. What a wonderful word for us to rest and trust in. Mercy comes to us in ways we might not always understand. Mercy from God is a spiritual matter and always of an eternal nature. You may attach it to circumstances for us in this life, but mercy will always be about what is best for our souls and its relation to us in the matter of eternal security. A Psalm of David; “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” (Psalm 23:6.). It is of the Lord’s will to do or don’t. Moses prayer was a good prayer and a good desire. The Lord has his ways, and his mercies. All we must do is trust in that. David prayed that his son would not die after his sin with Bathsheba. “Who can tell if God would be gracious unto me.” David’s prayer was a good one. He was praying for the life of his child. God’s mercy is for us to trust, and not to question. It is an example of a believers total surrender. Though it may be difficult to understand. “And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement.” (Hebrews 9:27.). If our time is appointed as a set time, then surely our lives are in God’s hands also. Then it would benefit us all to put great thought in our eternal destination, and have a reverence for God at the same time. Then we must put great thought into the sacrifice by Christ for our deaths, and for our atonement. We look for God’s mercy without first looking for his remedy. “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” (Hebrews 9:28.). God’s first work of mercy in our lives is the work of salvation in it. This is his greatest gift of mercy. “Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.” (Psalm 65:4.). God’s first act of eternal mercy is revealing his Son into our hearts. “Know therefore this day and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.” (Deuteronomy 4:39.). Revive your heart again for his first works of mercy in your life. Then pray to glorify him in all you do and say. Seal the vision of Christ in your hearts and minds. Christ is our greatest mercy above all other mercies. We may not at times understand the work and will of God in our lives, or that we will remember always his mercies for us, but Christ, must our hearts be fixed on, and his mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children.” (Psalm 103:17.). We may not receive the answers of prayers we so desired, but we trust the Lord knows better, what is best for us. We may have to endure the hardships of life more than others have. Our afflictions may be more it seems than the hairs on our heads. Our trials may be life long and longsuffering. But his gift of eternal mercy towards us never stops, never fails, and is eternally sealed, and we one day will not be ashamed, having received eternal redemption for us. And that eternal mercy is in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.” (Psalm 103:8.). His greatest mercy is “that he has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.” This is the example of a mercy that is eternal. “As far as the east is from the west; so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12.). There are times in our lives that God is absolute in his judgement. He is matter of fact. “Speak no more to me on this.” “Moses my servant is dead.” (Joshua 1:2.). “The child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.” (2 Samuel 12:14.). His mercies are not always what we may think or want. But God, nonetheless, is rich in mercy. Ephesians 2:4. According to his mercy he saved us. Titus 3:5. When we confess sin and forsake them, we receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13. When we trust in the Lord mercies, it will evident in our lives, for it will compass about us, and there will be the joy of our salvation. Psalm 32:10. God’s grace to us is that we have a faith to trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. Psalm 52:8. When we give mercy, we will receive mercy, Matthew 5:7. We should be merciful, because our heavenly Father is merciful, Luke 6:36. Mercy is promised to all who love God and obey him, Deuteronomy 5:10. It is by those mercies of God that this life does not consume us, Lamentations 3:22. I know there are many of us who are struggling right now, even struggling of this life. Mercy seems far away. Like God hath taken away what mercy looks like for us. Your vision may be very sincere because of what you may be going through. It will be easy for us to think this way when our vision is not on the eternal mercy which is in Christ for us. “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” (Jude 21.). You will always find mercy at the foot of the cross and at the throne of God. There you will always find the mercy and grace to help in time of need. Look for the eternal mercy that is promised us that he would never turn away from us. Not just for the mercies in this life. “Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.” (Psalm 66:20.). Let us not look for mercy in all the wrong places nor the wrong way.