“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not
consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great
is thy faithfulness.” Lam 3:22-23
Do
you have a view of God and His extreme mercies, which is enriched and biblical
enough to flourish with continued joy and peace, under heartbreaking losses, even
while ordained as punishment? As we say
in Texas, chew on that a while! Consider what if God took your child or he
removed from you a forty year dream you had planned on? Such was the case with Aaron’s sons and Moses
entering the promise land. Yet they both
committed the same act of sin, desecrating God before Israel, and yet God had
two different responses towards their sin.
Moses explained to Aaron why his two sons, Nadab and Abihu, were
punished to death for their unwillingness to “sanctify God” (Lev 10:3). But realize that Moses committed the same
sin, he struck the rock twice rather than speaking to it to bring forth water
(Num 20:8-11). Both acts between Moses
and Aaron’s sons went against what God commanded before the people and neither
act ‘sanctify God” and yet one was punishable by death while the other was
not? Aaron’s sons, like Ananias and Sapphira
(Act 5), their act of sin was with disobedience towards great light that had
been imparted to them (Lev 9:6); whereas Moses acted with ignorance in his
faith concerning such truth. Paul states in (Acts 3:17 & 1 Tim 1:13) even
though the act of sin may be mitigated, it is not taken away entirely. Moses himself did not get to enter into the
promise land, but his sin was not punishable to death. God’s mercy worked in everyone’s life without
respecter of person (Lev 19:15), but within the fullness of His grace. God never does anyone wrong by taking their life;
life is a gift of God not a right before God. And we all have forfeited the
gift we’ve been given by our own sins, we’ve added demerit to lack of merit. We
must understand losses in life, in spite of the severity, are not immune to God’s
mercy. James was able to see God’s mercy work in the life of Job and “…that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender
mercy.” We are to have an undaunted
strength in the mercy of God in our lives, knowing he does not want us to come
undone in the calamities of life. In all things he is merciful to His children.
HSAY…Todd
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