Obtaining God’s Mercy

For the first 40 years of my life almost everything came natural.  Seventy five percent of the colleges I applied to accepted me with the only one that rejected me put me on a waiting list before finally revealing the bad news.  Nearly every place that I applied to either hired me or offered me some type of position.  I guess you can say success followed me in every avenue of life.  However, these last 2 years I have plenty of experience obtaining God’s mercy.

When strange things begin to happen, I often look to God for insight.  As bizarre events continue to occur to me mixed in with a string of failures, I have learned to look inward before I question God.  In Psalm 41:4, David cries out to God acknowledging his life of sin, seeking to obtain God’s mercy.  In my current state of affairs, I recognize that I haven’t prayed enough, haven’t trusted God enough nor I am believing like I should that Jesus has the power to change my circumstances.

So this morning I am having a Psalm 41:4 moment, in desperate need of God’s healing and mercy.  As I wrestle with my next destination, whether in Delaware or some other place, I am running out of options.  Either God is allowing me to fail miserably because I am not looking in the right place or sin is present in one or more areas of my life which is blocking the path to my future.  As I ponder these things, there is one thing I am certain of, I am a sinner in need of God’s mercy.

by Jay Mankus