THE EYE OF GOD'S MERCY

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Thursday 10th March 2016

Topic: The Eye Of God's Mercy

Text:  Exodus 25:22

"And there I will meet with thee, and I will
commune with thee from above the mercy seat…"

Notice that the place God chose to commune
with Moses was from above the mercy seat. The
mercy seat in the Old Testament was a fixture of
two angels atop the golden Ark of the Covenant.
It was a natural fixture that symbolized God on
His holy throne. One angel (or side) on the
fixture represented God’s mercy, while the other
represented God’s justice. In between was to be
the representation of God’s throne
called the mercy seat. These angels were always
facing the mercy seat (see Exod. 25:17-22; Exod.
37:7-9). When the Old Testament priests atoned
for the sins of the people through the blood
sacrifice of an animal, they placed the blood
upon the mercy seat as a sign before God that
the death penalty for sin was paid. However,
when Jesus died and rose again, His blood
became the final death sacrifice to be placed on
the mercy seat. His blood would wipe away all
our sins in God’s eyes if we would believe it (see
Heb. 9:1-12). The fact that the angels were to
face the mercy seat represents that God is
always communicating to us through that mercy
plan. To commune with Him in return, we must
continually reaffirm trust in that mercy plan.
When God chose to meet face to face with
Moses in the location of this wonderful mercy
seat, it was a beautiful picture that God looks at
us through the eyes of mercy. He is communing
with you today through mercy’s eyes.

PRAYER

Dear Lord, I thank You for seeing me through the
eyes of mercy. I ask that You would give me a
fresh understanding of how to fellowship with You
under the power of Your great mercy today. In
Jesus’ Name, amen.

1YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Leviticus 17-18; Mark14:17-42; Psalm 31:9-19