Daily Devotionals
Devotional: 20th of Elul
Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with his great mercy (1 Peter 1:3).
The Hebrew word for "mercy" is rachamim. It's plural. In Hebrew, you can't say "mercy" (singular). You can only say "mercies" (plural). This is good news! It means that God has loads and loads of mercynot just one mercy, but mercy upon mercy upon mercy. It's enough not just for one time, but for every time we need it. It's enough not just for bad sins, but also for the very, very bad sins.
In Hebrew, the word for "sin" can be in the singular, but "mercy" is always in the plural. What is the lesson? Your sins may be great, but rest assured, his rachamim are greater. We ask for mercy and God gives us rachamim. He gives us mercies overflowing and able to fill up and cleanse every sin and failure, with mercies to spare. So open your heart wide. He doesn't just have mercy for you. He has merciesand more than enough for you to live a life of abundant joy and victory.
...let the failures, the sin, the pain, and the guilt of the past be healed by God's rachamim.
JC