Waves of Mercy

UV 921/10,000 Waves of Mercy “If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” Isaiah 48 v 18 What do we continually pay attention to is what determines our focus. When we focus on studying and obeying the Word of God, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit will flow in and from our hearts like a river. Our righteousness will be like the waves of the sea for nothing can oppose or stop the waves of our thoughts, words and deeds. The Kingdom of God or the rule and reign of God will be established in our hearts and lives. We will not be in a fight or flight mode like the rest of the world but in the mode of flow and glow. Our inner peace will help to nourish hope and meaning in the lives of people who come in contact with us like a river nourishes trees on its banks. Peace is like the river Jordan that starts as a spring and then enlarges into a mighty river. Like a river contains many kinds of fish, our lives will be full of a variety of blessings. Just as a river empties itself into the mouth of a sea, our peace and blessings should lead us to a life of grace or righteousness by faith. Sea water is different from the fresh water of the river but it too sustains an even greater variety of forms of life. Our reliance on the grace of God blesses us even more than the inner peace and blessings of faith. Both the river and the sea are dotted with many rocks where we can take refuge. These are the promises of God that we should cling to in the course of our lives. When we go to the seashore, we find that there are different kinds of waves: gentle waves that run through our feet, waves that give us a push, waves that are huge and can lift us and even bigger waves of warning and wrath that can drown us. Similarly, God’s mercy and grace come upon us, wave after wave unceasingly. Our response would be streams of praise and thanksgiving flowing from our hearts continuously. To remind us when we first moved into a house in a new area with an unnamed street, we decided to call it the “ Waves of Mercy Avenue.” Prateep V Philip