16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake (Psalm 31:16).
Part of God’s grace is His presence in our lives. When God chooses to shine His face toward us, it is a gracious act of mercy. In fact, scripture declares that is for the sake of God’s mercy that we are saved. In other words we are saved as an act of mercy. This is what God does on our behalf and we are expected to act similarly toward others as well. When we turn towards others or try and impact them it should be out of the abundance of God’s mercy towards us that guides our purposes. We should be merciful ourselves and our presence in others lives should reveal the tenderness of the mercy of God. We pray that God continue to make His face shine upon us while we act towards others humbly and with a merciful spirit.
Part of God’s grace is His presence in our lives. When God chooses to shine His face toward us, it is a gracious act of mercy. In fact, scripture declares that is for the sake of God’s mercy that we are saved. In other words we are saved as an act of mercy. This is what God does on our behalf and we are expected to act similarly toward others as well. When we turn towards others or try and impact them it should be out of the abundance of God’s mercy towards us that guides our purposes. We should be merciful ourselves and our presence in others lives should reveal the tenderness of the mercy of God. We pray that God continue to make His face shine upon us while we act towards others humbly and with a merciful spirit.
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