Tuesday, August 26, 2025
LORD, HAVE MERCY!
Ps 123
123 Unto thee lift I up mine
eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of
servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto
the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he
have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord,
have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly
filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of
the proud.
This Psalm addresses the cruel treatment
of those Jews held captive by the Babylonians. We ask ourselves if anyone has
ever suffered like the Jew! Yet missiologists say that more Christians have
been martyred in the twentieth century than all other centuries combined.
“Lord, have mercy!” was used often by mother and
her generation. I have heard her say it many times. Too many times actually
because I was often the cause of her consternation. Whenever she couldn’t
understand my actions and attitudes, whenever she couldn’t believe the mess I
had made of things, and whenever I needed grace she would often say “Lord, have
mercy.” I usually joined her very soon in saying it myself.
Asking for God’s mercy is an admission of our
weakness and His strength. It acknowledges our emptiness and His fullness. It
confesses our stupidity and His wisdom. It is a cry for help when we are
suffering. It is a cry for wisdom when we are perplexed. It is a cry for rescue
when we are in trouble.
Lord, have mercy on all those
who call on thee today. AMEN
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