https://odb.org/2025/08/15/gods-property
Nehemiah 9:19–21 (NIV): 19 “Because of your great compassion, you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day, the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. 21 For forty years, you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.
An excerpt from today’s ODB below:
One of the prayers we pray each Sunday holds this phrase: “But thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy.” Not God’s real estate but a quality or trait belonging to God—to have mercy not just once in a while but always.
It is a distinct quality or characteristic of God that He is merciful and gracious and compassionate as much as He is love. He is a God of second chances, in fact many chances. As much as He is a judge, He is also our Father. Jesus Christ, His Son and our Lord and Saviour, is also our brother and co-heir to the inheritance that awaits us in eternity at the end of this age. Father God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit will all do their utmost best to help us through in our journey of faith so that we will fight the good fight, finish the race and keep the faith until the very end.
But note that while Jesus is still Saviour now, He will be Judge and King when He returns. As much as God is merciful and compassionate, it is while we still have breath and before Christ returns. We need to make the stand now and not tomorrow while we are still a part of the living as tomorrow may never come. What tomorrow brings will always be a mystery. Don’t procrastinate anymore. Decide now and make the decision now.
But if you have decided before and have now drifted away. Repent and confess your sins before our Heavenly Father. He is merciful and compassionate. That is His property. But remember, it is not for an unlimited time.
Have a good weekend ahead, everyone! Take a break from work, catch up on household chores tomorrow, but reserve Sunday as our Sabbath unto Him! Worship Him in church and soak in His Holy presence as He dwells in the praises of His people! May we all be strengthened and encouraged as we see Him face to face in the spirit in worship! Amen!
Ronnie's Thoughts 