Topic: What Mercy Looks Like – Charles Stanley Daily Devotional  5 April  2023

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What Mercy Looks Like

Our compassionate Savior is always with us in our suffering.

April 5, 2023

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Lamentations 3:22-26

We often think of God’s goodness in terms of tangible blessings, but we shouldn’t feel we’re loved only when our circumstances are positive. In fact, His goodness is often richest in our darkest hour (Isaiah 43:1-2). 

One way God expresses goodness is through His mercy. Throughout the Gospels, we see the Lord filled with compassion and ministering to people who are suffering. Consider the demon-possessed man Jesus met in the country of the Gerasenes—he was broken in both mind and body, wandering naked among tombs (Luke 8:26-39). The people there had bound him with chains and shackles, keeping him under guard, not for his well-being but for their own. As far as we know, nobody had tried to ease his suffering. 

But that’s precisely what Jesus did. Not only did He cast out the demons; He also clothed the man and spoke with him. We might think the miraculous healing was more than enough, but Jesus wasn’t finished until He returned the man to full humanity by taking care of his physical needs and welcoming him back into the community. That’s what God’s goodness looks like—love without limit (Ephesians 2:4-7).    

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