God’s Mercy at Work

Hi there and thank you so much for joining us for today's devotional reading Our Daily Bread reading is titled God's mercy at work and it was written by Sochi Dixon. My anger percolated when a woman mistreated me, blamed me and gossiped about me.

I wanted everyone to know what she done. Wanted her to suffer as I'd suffered because of her behavior. I steamed with resentment until a headache pierced my temples, but as I began praying for my pain to go away, the Holy Spirit convicted me. How could I plot revenge while begging God for relief. If I believed he would care for me.

Why wouldn't I trust him to handle this situation.

Knowing that people who are hurting often hurt other people. I asked God to help me forgive the woman and work toward reconciliation. The psalmist David understood the difficulty of trusting God while enduring unfair treatment, though David did his best to be a loving servant King Saul succumbed to jealousy and wanted to murder him. David suffered while God worked things out and prepare him to take the throne. But still he chose to honor God instead of seeking revenge.

He did his part to reconcile with Saul and left the results in God's hands when it seems others are getting away with wrongdoing. We struggle with the injustice, but with God's mercy at work in our hearts and the hearts of others. We can forgive as he's forgiven us and receive the blessings he's prepared for us today Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from first Samuel chapter 24 verses one through 10 after Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines. He was told. David is in the desert and Getty.

So Saul took 3000 able young men from all Israel, and set out to look for David and his men near the crags of the wild goats.

He came to the sheep pens along the way. The cave was there and Saul went in to relieve himself.

David and his men were far back in the cave.

The men said this is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish. Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off the corner of Saul's robe afterward. David was conscious stricken for having cut off the corner of his robe. He said to his men.

The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master.

The Lord's anointed, or lay my hand on him, for he is the anointed of the Lord with these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul, and Saul left the cave and went his way. Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul my lord the king when Saul looked behind him. David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He said to Saul why you listen when men say David is bent on harming you this day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave some urge me to kill you but I stared. I said I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the Lord's anointed. Let's pray our heavenly father please forgive us when we respond with retaliation to someone who is treated us poorly. Instead, help us to respond like Christ and forgive those who do or say hurtful things to us as hard as that may be dodges.

Help us to live lives that display your love to the world.

Thank you father it in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries