Monday: God’s Mercy
The Gospel for Every Day
Each day, we slow down to align our hearts with God’s Rhythms of Grace.
This series, we turn our ear to God’s Call to Go
This week, we meditate on the theme of God’s mercy throughout Scripture.
Today’s Scripture
In the book of Lamentations, we come to one of Scripture’s most tragic pictures of the consequences of our sins, after Judah's fall to the Babylonians. In the midst of grief, we’re reminded that our hope remains because God’s Mercy always will.
Reading slowly, let God convict you by his truth and overwhelm you by his grace in Christ.
Lamentations 3:22-33
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
29 let him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;
30 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
31 For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 for, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 for he does not afflict from his heart
or grieve the children of men.
Gospel Meditation
Prayerfully meditate on the Scripture you just read using the rhythm Look Up, Look In, Look Out:
Look Up: What does this reveal about God?
Look In: What does this reveal about me?
Look Out: Where is Christ leading me today?
Closing Prayer
Inspired by Jonah 1:1-16
Merciful Lord,
You are the God of all heaven and earth, who made the sea and the dry land
All I have is yours
When you speak, I will listen. When you tell me to get up, I will go
Where you lead me to proclaim your mercy, I will follow.
And if I stumble today, I trust that your mercy will be there too.
In the name of Jesus, who was led the farthest and lowest by mercy,
Amen
