Morning, August 17
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“The mercy of God.”
Psalm 52:8
Meditate a little on this mercy of the Lord. It is tender mercy . With gentle, loving touch, he healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth
up their wounds. He is as gracious in the manner of his mercy as in
the matter of it. It is great mercy . There is nothing little in God; his mercy is like himself—it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that
it forgives great sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time,
and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up
to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God. It is undeserved mercy , as indeed all true mercy must be, for deserved mercy is only a misnomer
for justice. There was no right on the sinner’s part to the kind consideration of the Most High; had the rebel been
doomed at once to eternal fire he would have richly merited the doom,
and if delivered from wrath, sovereign love alone has found a cause,
for there was none in the sinner himself. It is rich mercy . Some things are great, but have little efficacy in them, but this
mercy is a cordial to your drooping spirits; a golden ointment to
your bleeding wounds; a heavenly bandage to your broken bones; a royal
chariot for your weary feet; a bosom of love for your trembling heart.
It is manifold mercy . As Bunyan says, “All the flowers in God’s garden are double.” There is no single mercy. You may think you have but one mercy, but
you shall find it to be a whole cluster of mercies. It is abounding mercy . Millions have received it, yet far from its being exhausted; it
is as fresh, as full, and as free as ever. It is unfailing mercy . It will never leave thee. If mercy be thy friend, mercy will be
with thee in temptation to keep thee from yielding; with thee in trouble
to prevent thee from sinking; with thee living to be the light and
life of thy countenance; and with thee dying to be the joy of thy
soul when earthly comfort is ebbing fast.