Blessed are the Merciful, for they shall receive MERCY

In the midst of a crazy week (with all that is surrounding public health) the savior speaks, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive Mercy."

In John chapter 12 a woman pours out perfume and tears to Jesus.  She, to a large extent, offers all she has to Jesus and He calls it good.  Her worship of Jesus is extravagant, passionate, and without limit. So swept away by the savior’s sacrificial love & MERCY for her, she pours herself out.  She leaves no pause in her mind, body, and heart for questions like “is this right?  Is this enough? Does Jesus want 10% of this perfume or should I sacrificially give more than 10%?”   Her love poured out (worship) is totally impractical and embarrassingly vulnerable.  Instead of being conservative and pragmatic she is reckless and unconstrained.  She doesn’t seek to control but surrenders control to the one whose love will be soon poured out for her in a few days on the cross.  When seized by the passionate love AND MERCY of Christ she smothers Him with kisses, great affection, and sacrifice. (Culture Point - Passion)

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive Mercy?  Or is it.......Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive Mercy!!!

"When in that moment we cry out "Lord have mercy on us," He does.  He comes near, so very near.  Mercy Himself comes near, and then empowers us to do for others what He has done for us." - DJ

Mercy (just like the Way, Truth, and Life) ends up being a person.  The person...Jesus. "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life" -John 14:6

Mercy is not something/someone I can control, but rather surrender to be controlled by.  Mercy is not something/someone I wield about when ever I choose, but rather surrender to be wielded about at Mercy's bidding. When we encounter mercy, we encounter the risen Lord Jesus. Hard to believe? Yes, (for me at least) I so often don't want to believe or accept the offered gift of Mercy Himself.

Mark 16:9-14 -  When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.  Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.  Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; He rebuked them for their lack of faith and their hard-hearted stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.    

Come Mercy come and do whatever it is you want to do!