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Now in the last Beatitudes we move to looking at our
outer actions that can come about WHEN we have those
inner attitudes.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “The merciful have an irresistible
love for the downtrodden, the sick, the wronged, the
outcast, and those who are tortured with anxiety . . . . No
distress is too great, no sin too appalling for their pity.”
outcast, and those who are tortured with anxiety . . . . No
distress is too great, no sin too appalling for their pity.”
It was mercy in Abraham after he had been wronged
by his nephew Lot that caused him to go and secure
Lot’s deliverance.
It was mercy in Moses, after Miriam had rebelled against him and the Lord had given her leprosy, that made him
cry, “Oh God, heal her, I pray!”
1 John 3:17 “If anyone has material possessions and
sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?”
Remember our source of mercy: “But God being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.”
Eph. 2:4
We can only show mercy when we have the inner attitudes of the first four
Beatitudes AND we rely on the help of the Spirit.
Today, pray and ask the Spirit to help you show
mercy toward someone who doesn’t deserve it because of what they have done to
you.