| How gracious is our God! Psalm 36 tells us about His mercy, His faithfulness, His righteousness, His judgments, and His loving-kindness. “Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens,” and we read twenty-six times in Psalm 136 that “His mercy endureth forever.” “Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful,” and we who know Him are invited to “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” He is also the faithful One, whose name is “called Faithful and True,” and “faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” And, “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Truly, “Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.” Moreover, “Thy righteousness is like the great mountains,” for “the Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.” “Thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, Thou preservest man and beast.” “Thy way is in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are not known.” And what shall we say of His loving-kindness toward us? “How excellent is Thy loving-kindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings.” |
