Infinite Mercy

Psalms 36:5-9  “Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”

Did you know that it is estimated that there is something like 340 or 350 quintillion gallons of water in the ocean? That is (approx) 340,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons! Even if you had a giant bucket the size of a basketball court it would still take several hundred thousand years to drain it all. The ocean is practically an infinite water source.

And that is something similar to what us residents in Minnesota live with all the time, only on a bit smaller scale. Even though Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” there are actually over 15,000! So something that we have no shortage of are lakes. You could literally put your boat onto 40 lakes a day up here and not even visit all of them in a year. While not actually infinite, you get the idea.

Like the gallons of water in the ocean (but even more so) God’s love and mercy is unending, it is limitless and lasts forever. You see, God knows that we are sinful creatures and that we will need a lot of forgiveness given to us so that we can continue trying to strive for and attain perfection. That is why Jesus came down from Heaven to save us. He came and has given us His infinite mercy and forgiveness.

Hebrews 4:16  “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we’re may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

He is always ready to forgive and show mercy to those who come to Him seeking for forgiveness. 

What is something that everyone on Earth needs? Water. Besides oxygen, water is probably the largest need for the human body. On average, most humans should consume anywhere from a half to a whole gallon of water each day, multiplied by 365 days in a year, and the average life expectancy of 75 to 80 years (more or less) and you will roughly consume 29,000 gallons of water in your lifetime. God, in His infinite wisdom, has provided all of the water that the entire world will ever need, and it is something that we just do not run out of.

Jesus has provided us with water as well, but this kind of water is different. It is living water, as Jesus explained to the woman at the well in John 4, and when we ask the Lord for it He it willing and ready to give it, just like His mercy and love.

Ephesians 2:4-6  “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:”

Rich in mercy. Our God is an amazing, merciful God, with an unlimited amount of forgiveness, we just need to go and ask Him for it!

In Christ,

Andrew