Grace and mercy can be described as two sides of the same coin. Both of them have been expressly seen in the course of this month. It was a classic work of grace when God planted a garden, formed man, and put him in it. Man had nothing to do with that largesse, it was all an act of God. We have also seen how the mercy of God came to bear upon Lot before Sodom was destroyed. The grace of God marked him and his family apart from destruction. But when he was asked to hurry up and leave, he was dragging his feet. The angels had to hold him by the hand to pull him out of the accursed city. The Bible explained that as an act of God’s mercy.

If God were to wait for us to qualify for certain things, many issues will remain pending while life lasts…God…being plenteous in mercy, and it is on the basis of that we keep enjoying what we can never merit.

The mercy of God is here proved also in the case of Abraham. After his lie to Abimelech that Sarah was his sister and the king had taken her to his house, God came to fight for Abraham. God didn’t have to do that as Abraham was the one who brought that evil on himself. Abraham did not merit that intervention, but God did intervene anyway. That was mercy speaking for him. If God were to wait for us to qualify for certain things, many issues will remain pending while life lasts. The Bible describes God as being plenteous in mercy, and it is on the basis of that we keep enjoying what we can never merit.