Gloria Copeland — Developing Faith In Mercy

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Gloria Copeland

We need to learn to act on what God’s Word says and
take hold of His mercy like this woman did. We need to
learn to place our faith in the mercy of God, especially
when we sin. The devil will come along and accuse us,
telling us how bad we are for sinning when he is the one
that caused us to do it! This is the time to exercise our faith
in God’s tender mercy.

Second Peter 1:4 says that through His exceeding great
and precious promises, we become partakers of His divine
nature. His nature is mercy and compassion. We must
stand on 1 John 1:9 which says that “If we confess our sins,
he (Jesus) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Don’t be moved by feelings of guilt after having
acted on God’s Word. Stand on it in faith. Stop putting
your faith in the way you feel, and begin putting your
trust in His tender mercy. Release your faith in His grace
and compassion.

Here are four ways to do that:

1. Put the Word first place. Make it the final authority
in your life, and change your thinking to agree
with it. When the Word says, “If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just to forgive us,” begin to have
faith in that. Begin to incline your ear to that Word
and act on it even when you don’t feel like it.

2. Meditate on God’s mercy. Keep your mind on
Jesus and His mercy. Don’t think about all the
failure and bad things you’ve done. If you have
never done a good thing in your life, do one before
the day is over, and think on it. Remind yourself
that God did not get down on you when you were a
sinner, and He’s not going to get down on you now
that you are His child.

You cannot hide your mistakes from God when
you fail, but you can see His mercy following you,
and you can see yourself yielding to it. Meditate
on running to Him when you sin. Then think
about this. “How has my life changed since I have
believed that His mercy follows me forever? What
can I do to stand on the mercy of God?”

Do not meditate on fear. All fear is selfish
and is not of love. That makes it a sin. Worry is
fear because it is a self-centered concern that
always causes you to be afraid of “What’s going to
happen to me?” The way to cast it out is to replace
it with thoughts on love. The Bible says, “…perfect
love casteth out fear” (1 John 4:18). The more you
meditate on love, the less worried about yourself
you will be because you have mercy and goodness
following you.

3. Act on the Word. As you meditate on it, the Word
will begin casting out fear. As you are released from
fear, you will begin to look for opportunities to act
on your faith. The more deeply rooted you become
in God’s Word, the more you will desire for Jesus to
bring people across your path so that you can pray
for them and see Him raise them up. Remember
faith always acts before seeing the results.

4. Make a decision to live the life of love. When
we live the life of love, we become vulnerable,
but God knows that. The Apostle Paul wrote in
Romans 8:36 that to the world we are considered
lambs to the slaughter. However, he also said, “…we
are more than conquerors through him that loved
us” (v. 37). First Corinthians 13:8 says love never fails.
He becomes our shield and protection.

Gloria Copeland

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