“But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not:... (39) For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.” Psa 78:38-39
God acknowledges our frame and that we are but dust blown in the wind (Psa 103:14), what a striking description is this of man! How true of an individual! How true of a generation! And thus God judges with compassion in our weakness and fallen nature. If God acted on the principle and in the manner according to which we act, we could hope for no mercy at his hand. It is well for us that there is not one like ourselves on the throne. But, verse 36 & 37 identifies the depth and fullness of his compassion: (vs 36-37) “Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.” They were full of flattery, he was full of mercy. He allows his mercy to work, not because of pitiful and hypocritical pretensions to penitence, but because of his own real compassion for them he overlooked the provocations. God himself allows his mercy to flow seventy times seven (Mt 18:22). How deep does your compassion flow from you, allowing mercy to drown your anger against those who hurt you? Compassion is not weakness, but rather a great strength when offered as forgiveness.
Compassion will cure and heal more sins than condemnation.
HSAY… Todd
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