- Tender Mercies
Psalm 145:9b
And his tender mercies are over all his works.
God promises tender mercies on everything He has created, including especially human beings. Since mercy is at the heart of who God is (God is Love) everything He does is from a heart of mercy. Mercy is the why and how of everything God does.
Why are tender mercies over all His works? Because that is who He is: God is mercy; He shows mercy; He gives mercy; mercy is in His core nature. God is also merciful because if He did not choose to be merciful Death and the end of the world would rule and reign: God showers tender mercies just so that the earth and our lives would continue and thrive. In other words, without mercy we would be dead. Sin causes death and it can’t be stopped, but death can be delayed and eventually lived through. And death will be defeated forever. Tender mercies do that.
How are tender mercies over all His works? Mercies bring love, forgiveness and acceptance to the objects of mercy; and this grows and strengthens life. The more mercy we receive the more alive we feel. Mercy is necessary to living; mercy makes all the difference in the world; mercy daily turns sin to grace, evil to good, and death to life. Tender mercies have awesome power.