Romans 9:16 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If there\u2019s one thing we need in life, it is the mercy of God. We can\u2019t achieve anything without His mercy. All our best efforts will fall face down if they are not supported by God\u2019s mercy. God\u2019s mercy lifts up one and the lack of God\u2019s mercy pulls down the other. Mercy is the lifeline that we need for survival and prosperity in anything we do. If there\u2019s one thing we earnestly need, it is the mercy of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But God\u2019s mercy is not tied to our works. For mercy to be mercy, we cannot earn it or deserve it. Mercy is a function of God\u2019s sovereignty and that\u2019s why scriptures say, \u201cI will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion\u201d \u2013 Verse 15 (NKJV) and again, \u201cSo it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it\u201d \u2013 Verse 16 (NLT). We cannot choose mercy or work for it. The best we can do is cry to God for His mercy, and for those of us in Christ, we know we have His mercy through Christ, for Jesus is the personification of God\u2019s mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLord, I am assured of Your mercy through Christ. And although I have it, I yet cry for it. I am nothing and can never become anything, without Your mercy Oh Lord God. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romans 9:16 (NKJV) \u201cSo then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.\u201d If there\u2019s one thing we need in life, it is the mercy of God. We can\u2019t achieve anything without His mercy. All our best efforts will fall face down if they are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-romans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t