2 Sam 24:13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall three [7] years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” 14 Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Mercy and grace.
Mercy is given when we don't deserve the pardon, but God forgive. Grace is that we received.
In the contrast OT and NT, one is on mercy and the other on grace.
The Lord our God, whom we know and serve is full with both. That is why David recognized the mercy of God and choose that as compare to the grace of man. David knew that with man, there is no mercy and even though God can preserve the life of David, the suffering from the flee may be hard to take. By grace, because of His love, God though in His righteousness has to pronounce judgment, and David knew in the recipient of judgment, God also exercises grace.
2 Sam 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.”
The NT spoke about grace, something the lame beggar received. He has been on the mercy of man for his livelihood. It showed the goodness of God grace as compare to the mercy of man. Peter said, no money because that only satisfy the temporal, but by the grace of God and with walking restored, the beggar was no longer under the mercy of man. He now can made his own living. God has restored also his dignity.
It is all about love, the love God has for us.
I pray as I am busy to finish my work and Rachael is concern for my health for stretching to work late. On the other hand, I pray for my father that the love of God through Christ in us will be reveal and that he may know and receive the love and accept the grace of God.
I pray for the Lord to multiply the time being efficient and being efficacious (producing the intended result ).
I continue to pray for my marriage. That even though there is argument - let it be so because of love.
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