"Treasured Up"

"The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me." (Psalms 116:6)

 You might wonder where the idea of God showing off His mercy came from; but in case you are, it is throughout the entire Scriptures. It started off with the cherubim and the flaming sword placed at the east of Eden, meant to keep man away from the tree of life. This was God's way of preventing man from living forever in a fallen state. It continued with Cain, as God marked him, so that anyone who might kill him should have vengeance taken on him sevenfold. Then there was Noah and the ark; which, whether you realize it or not, is the story of God's mercy, through and through. Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses, each one of which was selected by God above others for the sole purpose of God showing off His mercy. As the passover demonstrated God's mercy, it too was a sign of showing the way to what Jesus would come and do upon the cross. Even the children wondering around in the wilderness for forty years, it too was God showing off His mercy, as He had them arranged in the form of a cross. Over and over, throughout the Scriptures, God demonstrated and proclaims mercy, for all that will accept it; with the only condition being that of asking! It is ours for the asking, if we only realize our need and ask Him to save us...

"But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-7) NLT