Standing in the waterfall

“Lord, son of David, have mercy on us!” Matthew 20.30

If you think about mercy, you may picture it as being something like a Roman gladiatorial event, of two men fighting: when one gladiator got the upper hand, he had to look to the Emperor in the stands to determine whether or not he should show mercy to his opponent. This act of mercy depended on whether the Emperor was in a good mood or if it had been a good fight.

Is that what the mercy of God is about?  Does it depend on God’s mood, or on whether you deserve his mercy?

Perhaps a better picture of mercy is that of a waterfall: it flows, and nothing can stop it flowing. When you ask God to have mercy, it is not that you ask him to do something that is contrary to his nature. Rather, you are reminding yourself of what is freely available and always there, and giving yourself permission to stand beneath that waterfall. Often, it is about giving yourself this permission, because so much of the time it is you who is the barrier to God’s mercy by feeling you are excluded.

As you come to God in prayer today, you are already standing before a continuous waterfall of his mercy. Begin to believe that it is for you.

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