The God who deigns!

I have been sharing in church about the mercy of God for the past few weeks and it was quite a spiritual treat for me as well. We often either ignore or minimize the mercy aspect of God's nature and I suspect it is because we are uncomfortable with the fact that we were once children of wrath and deserve nothing but judgment. Mercy has to do with sinners and we want to erase that past as much as possible. What we fail to realize is that sin is never too far away and we need His mercy even now. We feel we are more deserving now that we are saints and sons and we think that God is now working in our lives apart from mercy . Mercy also give us a picture of bowing face down before Him deserving only judgment and we are not very keen on that. We would rather think and meditate on God's love because it seems to set us more on equal terms with God. We fail to see that love of God cannot reach us without His mercy falling on us first.
Please understand that the mercy seat in the tabernacle had cherubim on both sides signifying that the God who delights in showing mercy on His people is also the God of glory. The cherubim reveal the glory of God and we have to see Him not on equal terms but as the God who is exalted beyond compare. And yet, He is the Lord God who decides not to destroy us for our rebellion but deigns to reveal His compassion on a level that is astounding and awesome. All glory be to Him now and forever more.