LET YOUR MERCY, O LORD, BE UPON US

TUESDAY, 31ST OCTOBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  LET YOUR MERCY, O LORD, BE UPON US

MEMORIZE: "Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee"- Psalm 33:22.

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 33:18-22

“Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy name. 22 Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, Just as we hope in You.

EXPOSITION:

"Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee"- Psalm 33:22. Today we want to look at what we must do in order to experience the mercy of God in our lives. Knowing for sure that a life without God’s mercy (favour) will be filled with torment and toiling without reward. May God help us to be obedient to His word so as to receive his blessing. The steps are as follow:

[1.] WE MUST WAIT FOR GOD. We must attend the motions of his providence, and accommodate ourselves to them, and patiently expect the issue of them. Our souls must wait for him, Ps 33:20. We must not only in word and tongue profess a believing regard to God, but it must be inward and sincere, a secret and silent attendance on him. 

[2.] WE MUST RELY ON GOD, HOPE IN HIS MERCY, in the goodness of his nature, though we have not an express promise to depend upon. Those that fear God and his wrath must hope in God and his mercy; for there is no flying from God, but by flying to him. These pious dispositions will not only consist together, but befriend each other, a holy fear of God and yet at the same time a hope in his mercy. This is trusting in his holy name (Ps 33:21), in all that whereby he has made known himself to us, for our encouragement to serve him. 

[3.] WE MUST REJOICE IN GOD, Ps 33:21. Those do not truly rest in God, or do not know the unspeakable advantage they have by so doing, cause those that hope in God hope for an eternal fulness of joy in his presence. 

[4.] WE MUST SEEK TO HIM FOR THAT MERCY WHICH WE HOPE IN, Ps 33:22. Our expectations from God are not to supersede, but to quicken and encourage, our applications to him; he will be sought unto for that which he has promised, and therefore the psalm concludes with a short but comprehensive prayer, "Let thy mercy, O Lord! be upon us; let us always have the comfort and benefit of it, not according as we merit from thee, but according as we hope in thee, that, according to the promise which thou hast in thy word given to by thy Spirit and grace wrought in us." 

If, in singing these verses, we put forth a dependence upon God, and let out our desires towards him, we make melody with our hearts to the Lord.

PRAYER POINT: Lord, let your favour be my portion now and always in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Luke 16 - 18

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ANCHOR OF LIFE is the daily devotional guide written by PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE, General Overseer, Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l. It is an extraction of God’s word designed to draw the sincere seekers closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. 

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