DAY 9: ACCORDING TO YOUR TENDER MERCIES II- DAVID

 THE RHEMA WORD FOR TODAY

(A DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH PREACHER SAM)

 

TOPIC: ACCORDING TO YOUR TENDER MERCIES II- DAVID

DATE: 9 SEPTEMBER, 2021

BIBLE READING: PSALMS 51:1-19

VERSE FOR MEDITATION: PSALMS 51:1 NKJV

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your loving-kindnesses; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

 

David, a man after God’s heart, knows how to move the heart of God by a cry for mercy.

When the scripture says, ‘… he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him’ (Heb. 11:6). It is revealing to us that before you approach God, you need to know who He is first, and also know that He will liberally answer you. Without this knowledge of God, you cannot come to Him boldly to obtain mercy (Heb. 4:16).

David understood the mercies of God that was why He could come boldly to ask God for mercy after committing the sins of adultery and murder. He said, “According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.” This was something King Saul did not understand, he was so myopic about the knowledge of the tender mercies of God that was why God rejected him as king over Israel.

It was Prophet Samuel that told King Saul that to obey is better than sacrifice (1 Sam. 15:22), but there is a sacrifice that God can never despise even though He does not desire sacrifices, that was what David offered unto God- the sacrifices of God; a broken and a contrite heart (Ps. 51:16-17). This kind of sacrifice is a heart cry for mercy, which God seems ‘helpless’ to overlook. The cry for mercy will surely move the heart of God.

 

PRAYER: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

 

DECLARATION: I WILL GROW IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO GOD IS AND HIS ACT OF HIS GREAT MERCIES.

 

JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAULINE’S EPISTLE: 1 CORINTHIANS 10-12